flick : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: flick	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for flick
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
flick n a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip" a short stroke a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" Synonym(s): movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick v flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" [syn: flicker, flick] look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" Synonym(s): flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" Synonym(s): flip, flick throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" Synonym(s): jerk, flick shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" Synonym(s): flicker, flick twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" Synonym(s): flick, ruffle, riffle cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" Synonym(s): snap, click, flick touch or hit with a light, quick blow; "flicked him with his hand" remove with a flick (of the hand)
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flick \Flick\, v. t. To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a whiplash. Rude boys were flicking butter pats across chaos. --Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flick \Flick\, n. [See {Flick}, v. t.] A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow. She actually took the whip out of his hand and gave a flick to the pony. --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flick \Flick\ (fl[icr]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flicked} (fl[icr]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flicking}.] [Cf. Flicker.] To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. --Thackeray.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Flick \Flick\, n. A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.