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Definition of 'flick'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) flick
a sudden light blow or tap, as with a whip or the finger.

2.  flick
the sound made by such a blow or tap.

3.  flick
a light and rapid movement:
a flick of the wrist.

4. (v.t.) flick
to strike with a sudden light, smart stroke.

5.  flick
to remove with such a stroke:
to flick away a crumb.

6.  flick
to move, propel, or operate with a sudden stroke or jerk.

7. (v.i.) flick
to flutter.

8.  flick
to turn pages rapidly or idly (usu. fol. by through).

9. (Slang.) flick
a movie.

Etymology: (1925–30; shortening of flicker¹)

Definition of 'flick'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) flick
a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
"he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip"

2. (noun) flick
a short stroke

3. (verb) movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
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"

4. (verb) flicker, flick
flash intermittently
"The lights flicked on and off"

5. (verb) flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff
look through a book or other written material
"He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"

6. (verb) flip, flick
cause to move with a flick
"he flicked his Bic"

7. (verb) jerk, flick
throw or toss with a quick motion
"flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"

8. (verb) flicker, flick
shine unsteadily
"The candle flickered"

9. (verb) flick, ruffle, riffle
twitch or flutter
"the paper flicked"

10. (verb) snap, click, flick
cause to make a snapping sound
"snap your fingers"

11. (verb) flick
touch or hit with a light, quick blow
"flicked him with his hand"

12. (verb) flick
remove with a flick (of the hand)

Definition of 'flick'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) flick
to move with a quick movement
He flicked the ball of paper across the room.

2. flick
to move an electrical switch; = flip
She flicked the control switch to "on."

3. (noun) flick
a quick movement
a flick of the whip

Definition of 'flick'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) flick
a flitch; as, a flick of bacon

2. (verb) flick
to whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots

Translation of 'flick'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: a quick, sharp movement a flick of the wrist.
Afrikaans: aftik	Arabic: نَقْرَه بالأصْبَع	Bulgarian: трепване
Brazilian: sacudidela	Czech: trhnutí, švihnutí	German: leichter, schneller Schla
Danish: hurtig bevægelse; ryk	Greek: τίναγμα	Spanish: movimiento rápido
Estonian: jõnks	Farsi: ضربه تند و ملایم	Finnish: näpäys
French: petit mouvement rapide	Hebrew: הַצלָפָה	Hindi: तेजी
Croatian: kratak, oštar udarac, pok	Hungarian: pöccintés	Indonesian: gerakan cepat
Icelandic: snögg og létt sveifluhrey	Italian: colpetto	Japanese: 軽く打つこと
Korean: 경쾌한 움직임	Lithuanian: staigus judesys,švystelėj	Latvian: (viegls) uzsitiens; rāvie
Malay: gerakan cepat	Dutch: ruk, knip	Norwegian: knips, rapp, smekk
Polish: machnięcie, szarpnięcie	Persian: ضربه تند و ملایم	Pashto: تیزه ضربه
Portuguese: sacudidela	Romanian: mişcare bruscă	Russian: резкое движение
Slovak: trhnutie	Slovenian: krc	Serbian: trzaj
Swedish: lätt slag, släng, snärt	Thai: กระตุก; สะบัด	Turkish: fiske
Taiwanese: 急速、突然的動作，彈開	Ukrainian: різкий рух; поштовх	Urdu: تیز خمدار حرکت
Vietnamese: cú đánh nhẹ; cái búng	Chinese: 急速、突然的动作，弹开
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