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Flick   /flɪk/   Listen
Flick

noun
1.
A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible).  "He felt the flick of a whip"
2.
A short stroke.
3.
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.  Synonyms: film, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show.  "The film was shot on location"
verb
(past & past part. flicked; pres. part. flicking)
1.
Flash intermittently.  Synonym: flicker.
2.
Look through a book or other written material.  Synonyms: flip, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb.  "She leafed through the volume"
3.
Cause to move with a flick.  Synonym: flip.
4.
Throw or toss with a quick motion.  Synonym: jerk.  "Jerk his head"
5.
Shine unsteadily.  Synonym: flicker.
6.
Twitch or flutter.  Synonyms: riffle, ruffle.
7.
Cause to make a snapping sound.  Synonyms: click, snap.
8.
Touch or hit with a light, quick blow.
9.
Remove with a flick (of the hand).



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"Flick" Quotes from Famous Books



... a certain pride, 'is quite a distinguished person in his way. He is Professor Wilberforce P. Flick, President of the Denver and Sacramento Folk-Lore Societies. He has been travelling on the Continent for some time past for the benefit of the societies, and has now arrived in London for the purpose of making ...
— The Dictator • Justin McCarthy

... was a long steep hill to go up, and here Ruby the horse always waited for Andrew to get down and walk. David might really drive now, and even flick at Ruby's fat sides with the whip, which was pleasant, but did not make the least difference to ...
— The Hawthorns - A Story about Children • Amy Walton

... Buck," said a voice, "let 'em out!" and with a flick of the dainty ears, almost as if he understood, the little beast fell into the steady swinging lope which was his natural gait, and which he could follow if need be without a break from ...
— Ben Blair - The Story of a Plainsman • Will Lillibridge

... the sound of the flick of a whip. . . . A herd of cattle, driven by Yefim, the shepherd, saunter lazily down the sloping bank to drink. The shepherd, a decrepit old man, with one eye and a crooked mouth, walks with his head bowed, looking ...
— The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories • Anton Chekhov

... an impression as though the speed of a train were decreasing as one looks out of the window. And how one view held for several seconds, a vast and wild mountain-range with glaciers and snow peaks by moonlight. When this faded gradually, the scenes began to flick by, more and more rapidly, and grew blurred. Phil and Ione were attacked by nausea until, again, they had to lie down. After that came the familiar succession: the wooden animals, the tangle of vines, the vast sea, the spheres, and ...
— The Einstein See-Saw • Miles John Breuer


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