"hit a lick" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "In the basic meaning a reference to liquor store robbery.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits a lick",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting a lick",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hittin' a lick",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit a lick",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit a lick",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,:hittin',hit> a lick"
      },
      "expansion": "hit a lick (third-person singular simple present hits a lick, present participle hitting a lick or hittin' a lick, simple past and past participle hit a lick)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "African-American Vernacular English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with topic categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Multicultural London English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Crime",
          "orig": "en:Crime",
          "parents": [
            "Criminal law",
            "Society",
            "Law",
            "All topics",
            "Justice",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, “Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)…”, in American Gangster, performed by Jay-Z",
          "text": "I figure frauds never hit a lick before\nSo they don't know the feeling when them things get across",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, “My Nigga”, in My Krazy Life, performed by YG",
          "text": "Fucked my first bitch, passed her to my nigga\nHit my first lick, passed with my nigga",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, “A Tale of 2 Citiez”, in 2014 Forest Hills Drive, performed by J. Cole",
          "text": "Listen up I'm about to go and get rich\nFuck with me my nigga\nWe gon' circle round the Ville and hit a lick",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 January 15, “Get It In (Remix)”, performed by Nef the Pharaoh, 4:13–4:23",
          "text": "Oh shit, the Pharaoh finna trip again\nIf I ever go broke I'm hitting licks again\nIt ain't shit for me to strip a man\nBack in high school I used to get it in",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 August 17, “London Scammer (Remix)”performed by Tankz ft. Tarm, 2:17",
          "text": "Not banging them clicks and hitting them licks\nI'm probably in uptown fucking your bitch\nI love these bands, I can't go lidge, Imma scam, trap, or hit them licks",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To earn a large sum of money in a short amount of time, usually illegally."
      ],
      "id": "en-hit_a_lick-en-verb-9FZmEoxA",
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, MLE) To earn a large sum of money in a short amount of time, usually illegally."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "hit licks"
        },
        {
          "word": "hit them licks"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Multicultural-London-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit a lick"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "In the basic meaning a reference to liquor store robbery.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "hits a lick",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hitting a lick",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hittin' a lick",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit a lick",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hit a lick",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "hit<,:hittin',hit> a lick"
      },
      "expansion": "hit a lick (third-person singular simple present hits a lick, present participle hitting a lick or hittin' a lick, simple past and past participle hit a lick)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "African-American Vernacular English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Multicultural London English",
        "en:Crime"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2007, “Roc Boys (And the Winner Is)…”, in American Gangster, performed by Jay-Z",
          "text": "I figure frauds never hit a lick before\nSo they don't know the feeling when them things get across",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, “My Nigga”, in My Krazy Life, performed by YG",
          "text": "Fucked my first bitch, passed her to my nigga\nHit my first lick, passed with my nigga",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, “A Tale of 2 Citiez”, in 2014 Forest Hills Drive, performed by J. Cole",
          "text": "Listen up I'm about to go and get rich\nFuck with me my nigga\nWe gon' circle round the Ville and hit a lick",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2016 January 15, “Get It In (Remix)”, performed by Nef the Pharaoh, 4:13–4:23",
          "text": "Oh shit, the Pharaoh finna trip again\nIf I ever go broke I'm hitting licks again\nIt ain't shit for me to strip a man\nBack in high school I used to get it in",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021 August 17, “London Scammer (Remix)”performed by Tankz ft. Tarm, 2:17",
          "text": "Not banging them clicks and hitting them licks\nI'm probably in uptown fucking your bitch\nI love these bands, I can't go lidge, Imma scam, trap, or hit them licks",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To earn a large sum of money in a short amount of time, usually illegally."
      ],
      "qualifier": "African-American Vernacular",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(African-American Vernacular, MLE) To earn a large sum of money in a short amount of time, usually illegally."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Multicultural-London-English"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "hit licks"
    },
    {
      "word": "hit them licks"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hit a lick"
}