lick at

lick at something

to draw the tongue over something repeatedly. Jimmy was just licking at the ice-cream cone, and soon it began to melt and drip off his elbow. I don't just lick at the ice cream. I take big bites of it.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Arto	AHR-to	Finnish
Abd Al-Rahman	-	Arabic
Erikas	-	Lithuanian
Melchol	-	Biblical Greek
Carmelo	kahr-ME-lo	Spanish, Italian
Lennox	LEN-əks	Scottish, English (Rare)