0
Pb03 Posted 17 years ago
Vocabulary

Feel licked

Hi everyone,

Can I use the expression "feel licked" as same in meaning as "drunken"?

For example, I'm feeling pretty licked. = I'm feeling pretty drunken.

In the dictionary, it says that mean "get better" so I'm wondering about that.

hope to hear your opinion...

thanks

pb
  

Top answer

No. It means either defeated or just really tired. If you want to say you feel very drunk, say you're feeling pretty wasted.

— BarbaraPA

  • No.
  • It means either defeated or just really tired.
  • If you want to say you feel very drunk, say you're feeling pretty wasted.
  • There are probably dozens of slang terms to mean drunk, but "licked" isn't one that I've ever heard.
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

5 Answers
0
No. It means either defeated or just really tired.

If you want to say you feel very drunk, say you're feeling pretty wasted. There are probably dozens of slang terms to mean drunk, but "licked" isn't one that I've ever heard.
0
0
I can't think of any context in which "feeling licked" could mean "get better." Are you sure that's what your dictionary siad?
0
0
khoffI can't think of any context in which "feeling licked" could mean "get better." Are you sure that's what your dictionary siad?

Not 'feeling'. ' We had a problem, but we finally got it licked'. I suppose this could also be used when talking about an illness. 'That good night's sleep really licked it.'
0
0
to be licked is to be exhausted (as other members have suggested), and I've always felt that this is predominantly American English. "Hey, I'm completely licked!"

to have something licked to is have it solved or successfully completed. "We've been working on the problem all week but now I think we've got it licked."

I have never associated the expression with being drunk.
0
0
Oh, right -- thanks, Phil!
0

Related Questions