Hyphenation of lickings

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word lickings? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

lick-ings

Definitions of lickings:

1.	An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest It was a narrow defeat The army's only defeat They suffered a convincing licking
2.	The act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

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