lickrish

adjective

Gluttonous, greedy

alternatives

big eye, craven, eye big, grabbalicious, gravalicious, long belly, long eye, scrayving, shine eye, wanga belly, wanga gut

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adjective

The propensity to greedily eat anything, without discrimination or regard for the source or origin of the food, the present location, or the nature of the food itself.

alternatives

licky licky, nyami nyami, wanga belly, wanga gut

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11 comments

Kes

8 years ago

"Lickrish" is also commonly used in Guyana, same meaning. Please add our flag. :)

Jamaica

8 years ago

I heard the word lickrish for the first today and thought it meant licky lucky and it was confirmed here

Tricia H

8 years ago

I heard the word lickrish for the first today and thought it meant licky lucky and it was confirmed here

ALICE BENT.

8 years ago

Should me an image of Lickrish. Very small red and black seed.grow wild on a vine in Jamaica

N. Lawrence

6 years ago

You dun know defection of lickrish overrides a greedy person oh yeah ^_^

M goody

6 years ago

Scraven, hungry belly,

Roots

4 years ago

Also used in Grenada to define a greedy person. Mouth on ground

Ravenous or greedy

2 years ago

Used as a common saying in Trinidad to describe someone with an insatiable appetite

Hgf

2 years ago

Batam belly

Casey

2 years ago

This is a vital step towards achieving Marryshaw’s (Grenada 150 years ago) vision of “One Caribbean” and Gonsalves’ (St. Vincent & Grenadines) “Caribbean Civilization”. Writing our own dictionary is a pre/ corequisite to writing our own history.

Asia

8 months ago

It means you’re past greedy you overly greedy! Example: Wow boy he real lickrish!