"licker" meaning in English

See licker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪkɚ/ [US] Forms: lickers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: From Middle English likkere, lykkare, equivalent to lick + -er. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Läkker, Dutch likker, German Low German Licker, German Lecker. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|likkere}} Middle English likkere, {{af|en|lick|-er|id2=agent noun}} lick + -er, {{cog|stq|Läkker}} Saterland Frisian Läkker, {{cog|nl|likker}} Dutch likker, {{cog|nds-de|Licker}} German Low German Licker, {{cog|de|Lecker}} German Lecker Head templates: {{en-noun}} licker (plural lickers)
  1. Someone or something that licks. Derived forms: arse-licker, ass-licker, bootlicker, clam licker, footlicker, licker-in, rat-licker, rock licker, snicker licker, window licker Translations (someone or something that licks): لێسەر (lêser) (Central Kurdish), nuolija (Finnish), lécheur [masculine] (French), lécheuse [feminine] (French), Lecker [masculine] (German), Leckerin [feminine] (German), лизу́н (lizún) [masculine] (Russian), лизу́нья (lizúnʹja) [feminine] (Russian), slickare [common-gender] (Swedish), לעקער (leker) [masculine] (Yiddish), לעקערקע (lekerke) [feminine] (Yiddish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɪkɚ/ [US] Forms: lickers [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkə(ɹ) Etymology: See liquor. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} licker (countable and uncountable, plural lickers)
  1. Eye dialect spelling of liquor. Tags: alt-of, countable, pronunciation-spelling, uncountable Alternative form of: liquor
    Sense id: en-licker-en-noun-u-NbQZ6I Categories (other): English eye dialect, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 40 60 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "someone or something that licks",
      "word": "nuolija"
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      "sense": "someone or something that licks",
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      "sense": "someone or something that licks",
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      "sense": "someone or something that licks",
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