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lap

n. touching with the tongue; "the dog's laps were warm and wet"

salt lick

n. a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

punch, poke, biff

n. (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"

lap

v. pass the tongue over; "the dog licked her hand"

work, get, solve, figure out, puzzle out

v. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of; "did you solve the problem?"; "Work out your problems with the boss"; "this unpleasant situation isn't going to work itself out"; "did you get it?"; "Did you get my meaning?"; "He could not work the math problem"

beat, bat, thrash, clobber, drub

v. beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight; "We licked the other team on Sunday!"

decipher, decode, decrypt

v. read with difficulty; "Can you decipher this letter?"; "The archeologist traced the hieroglyphs"

feel, sense, pick up, perceive

v. to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

clear, crystallize, clear up, straighten out, illuminate, clarify, make clear, shed light on, enlighten, elucidate, make pellucid, sort out

v. make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear; "Could you clarify these remarks?"; "Clear up the question of who is at fault"

flagellate, scourge

v. whip; "The religious fanatics flagellated themselves"

beat, crush, defeat, trounce, vanquish, overcome, beat out

v. win a victory over; "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "She conquered here fear of mice"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"

rout, expel, rout out

v. cause to flee; "rout out the fighters from their caves"

cane, lambaste, lambast, flog

v. beat with a cane

club, bludgeon

v. strike with a club or a bludgeon

cudgel, strike with a cudgel

v. strike with a cudgel

thrash, flail, thresh

v. give a thrashing to; beat hard

worst, whip, mop up, pip, rack up

v. defeat thoroughly; "He mopped up the floor with his opponents"

figure, count, cipher, cypher, reckon, calculate, compute

v. make a mathematical calculation or computation

throw, fox, puzzle, baffle, gravel, stupefy, stupify, perplex, mystify, confuse, confound, befuddle, fuddle, bedevil, bewilder, flummox, nonplus, amaze, dumbfound, trounce

v. be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly; "These questions confuse even the experts"; "This question completely threw me"; "This question befuddled even the teacher"

lose, fail to win

v. fail to win; "We lost the battle but we won the war"

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