lick one's chops

Definitions

1. 1

   To use one's tongue to remove moistness from the sides of one's mouth, as when salivating…

   To use one's tongue to remove moistness from the sides of one's mouth, as when salivating or at the conclusion of a meal.

   • Pat presently came galloping up the orchard, carrying in his mouth a big field mouse, which, sitting down before us, he proceeded to devour, body and bones, afterwards licking his chops with great satisfaction.
2. 2

   To look forward avidly to eating something.

   • [The stranger] handed his platter to the large mastiff dog, who, attracted by the smell of the dinner, had sat down before him for some time, licking his chops, and following with his eye every morsel which the guest raised to his head.
3. 3

   To anticipate something eagerly.

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