How to pronounce licks
Listen to licks in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“licks” in real sentences
50 clips in the index · 4 American · 4 British. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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licks them for a morning snack.
TED-Ed · hear it here
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sitting in his courtroom Walker blinks then licks his lips and looks down
Dept of Justice · hear it here
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So, it's cleaning and helping the healing when the dog licks its wounds.
The Royal Institution · hear it here
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Daddy can see out of the crack no daddy says I shift and the water licks
The Atlantic · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of licks. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.