"overlick" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: overlicks [present, singular, third-person], overlicking [participle, present], overlicked [participle, past], overlicked [past]
Etymology: over- + lick Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|over|lick}} over- + lick Head templates: {{en-verb}} overlick (third-person singular simple present overlicks, present participle overlicking, simple past and past participle overlicked)
  1. (transitive) To lick over. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overlick-en-verb-ni-7PfiP Categories (other): English terms prefixed with over- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with over-: 65 35
  2. (transitive) To lick too much or too often. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-overlick-en-verb-msBfbnEE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57

Inflected forms

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