finger-lickin' good

• finger-licking good

From the advertising slogan It’s finger-lickin’ good adopted by the U.S. fast-food restaurant chain Kentucky Fried Chicken (now KFC) in 1956,^[1] referring to the fact that something eaten with the hands is so delicious that one cannot help but lick one’s fingers to savor the crumbs of food or juices left behind.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋɡəˌlɪkɪn ˈɡʊd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɪŋɡɚˌlɪkɪn ˈɡʊd/

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• Hyphenation: fing‧er-lick‧in' good

finger-lickin' good (comparative more finger-lickin' good, superlative most finger-lickin' good) (US, colloquial)

1. Of food: very delicious; delectable, scrumptious.

   Synonyms: finger-licking; see also Thesaurus:delicious

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:unpalatable

2. (figuratively) Extremely good; superb.

   Synonyms: finger-licking; see also Thesaurus:excellent, Thesaurus:wonderful

   Antonyms: awful, dreadful, terrible; see also Thesaurus:bad, Thesaurus:low-quality

• “finger-licking, adj.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.