Flick Definition
flĭk
flicked, flicking, flicks
noun
flicks
A light, quick stroke, as with a whip; sudden, jerky movement; snap.
Webster's New World
The sound accompanying this motion.
American Heritage
A light, snapping sound, as of the flick of a whip.
Webster's New World
A fleck; splotch; streak.
Webster's New World
A film.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- motion-picture-show
- pic
- picture show
- motion-picture
- moving-picture show
- moving-picture
- picture
- film
- movie
- skim
- graze
- brush
verb
flicked, flicking, flicks
To make a light, quick, snapping stroke with (a whip, etc.)
Webster's New World
To cause to move with a sudden movement or jerk.
The guard flicked the light switch. The bird flicked its tail.
American Heritage
To strike, propel, remove, etc. with a light, quick, snapping stroke, as with the fingernail.
Webster's New World
To move quickly and jerkily; flutter.
Webster's New World
To look through the parts of something by making quick movements with the fingers.
Flick through a book; flick through a crate of old records.
American Heritage
idiom
the flicks
- films collectively
- a showing of a film
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Flick
- the flicks
Origin of Flick
Short for flicker
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Imitative
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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