Definition of licks:
(v) :
(transitive) To stroke with the tongue.
(v) :
(transitive) To lap; to take in with the tongue.
(n) :
The act of licking; a stroke of the tongue.
(n) :
A quick and careless application of anything, as if by a stroke of the tongue.
(n) :
The amount of some substance obtainable with a single lick.
(v) :
(colloquial) To do anything partially.