Flick

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A light quick blow, jerk, or touch: a flick of the wrist; gave my horse a flick with the reins.
  • n. The sound accompanying this motion.
  • n. A light splash, dash, or daub.
  • v. To touch or hit with a light quick blow: flicked him with his hand. See Synonyms at brush1.
  • v. To cause to move with a light blow; snap: flicked the light switch on.
  • v. To remove with a light quick blow: flicked the lint off the coat.
  • verb-intransitive. To twitch or flutter.
  • n. Slang A movie.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
  • n. A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
  • n. A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
  • n. A powerful underarm volley shot.
  • n. The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
  • n. A flitch.
  • v. To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap
  • v. To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt.
  • n. A flitch.
  • n. A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow.
  • n. A motion picture.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To strike lightly with a quick jerk, as with a whip or the finger; flip: as, to flick off a fly from a horse.
  • n. A light sudden stroke, as with a whip or the finger; a flip.
  • n. A dialectal form of flitch.
  • In cricket: To move the wrist or forearm quickly at the moment of delivering the ball: said of the bowler.
  • To rise quickly from the pitch; bump: said of the ball.
  • To flutter; flit, as a bird.
  • n. In cricket, a quick turn of the bowler's wrist or forearm at the moment of delivering the ball.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. shine unsteadily
  • v. flash intermittently
  • n. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
  • v. cause to move with a flick
  • v. remove with a flick (of the hand)
  • n. a short stroke
  • v. twitch or flutter
  • v. throw or toss with a quick motion
  • n. a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
  • v. look through a book or other written material
  • v. cause to make a snapping sound
  • v. touch or hit with a light, quick blow
  • Verb Form
    flicked    flicking    flicks   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beam    shine    flash    winkle    blink    wink    twinkle    throw    remove    take   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    flirt    flitch    whip    snap    flutter    stroke    picture    fillip   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crick    Dick    Frick    Hick    Mick    Nic    Nick    Rick    Slick    Stick   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    twitch    jerk    swipe    snap    twist    shrug    flicker    movie    slap    slash