noun Street Slang

lick

· noun · chicago

A robbery score or quick come-up.

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A robbery, or more loosely any quick, opportunistic come-up — could be a stick-up, a scam, a flipped bag, a plug. 'Hit a lick' = pulled off the score. Born in Southern street slang, weaponised by Chicago drill and now standard across rap.

“Boy hit a lick last night, came back with the whole bag.”
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lick In A Sentence

Boy hit a lick last night, came back with the whole bag.

Origin & Usage

Older African American street slang for a robbery; carried into drill and trap from the 2000s onward.

Variants lickshit a lick

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