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midlick en · NOUN

Etymology

From mid- + lick.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The midpoint of the action of licking.
    • She stopped, midlick. Why had that come to mind? 2008, Kim Powers, Capote in Kansas: A Ghost Story, page 29:
    • Pausing in midlick, Lanie shrugged. "I know I dress lousy. I just like this old jacket of mine. It's comfortable." 1990, Rick North, Ready for Blastoff:
    • “Wayne had to walk around the side of the building,” she said, causing Moishe to look at up her in midlick. 2008, Joanne Fluke, Laura Levine, Leslie Meier, Candy Cane Murder, page 130: