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English Dictionary: flick |
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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)
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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.
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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.
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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.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: |
Flick \Flick\, n.
A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.
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