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flick¹
- /flɪk/
Sounds like flic · Rhymes with -ɪk
Where it comes from
From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker.
The use of flick to mean a film or movie derives from the fact that early films had a low frame rate, thus causing the film to "flick" rapidly when projected onto a screen.
noun flicks
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A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.
Similar: fillip
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A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."
Similar: the picture
- A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
- A powerful underarm volley shot. The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- A flitch. a flick of bacon
- A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second.
- A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address. 'All that I have, dear old flick, is yours for the asking. What can I do?'
- A photo. I was taking some flicks of the [p]arade […] and [someone] asked […] if I would like to take a picture of him[.]
verb flicks · flicking · flicked
- To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion. flick one's hair
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To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
Near-synonym: flit
Similar: flit
Flick²
proper noun
- A diminutive of the female given name Felicity.
- A diminutive of the female given name Felicia. Felicia Jane "Flick" Beatrix Drummond is a British Conservative Party politician.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: snap, jerk, click, flip, flicker, ruffle, strike, picture, film, riffle, picture show, moving picture, motion picture, movie, thumb, riff
Translations
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noun a short, quick movement
| Português | piparote |
|---|---|
| Русский | рыво́к ryvók, толчо́к tolčók, движе́ние dvižénije, лёгкий уда́р ljóxkij udár |
noun act of striking with a finger
| Español | tincazo, capirotazo, papirotazo, chiclazo |
|---|---|
| Français | pichenette, chiquenaude |
| Deutsch | schnipsen |
| Italiano | buffetto |
| Română | bobârnac, bobârnace |
verb to move (something) with a short, quick motion
| Español | tincar, tingar, papirotear |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 弾く hajiku |
| Português | sacudir |
| Français | défiler |
| Русский | тряхну́ть trjaxnútʹ, стря́хивать strjáxivatʹ, стряхну́ть strjaxnútʹ, сма́хивать smáxivatʹ, смахну́ть smaxnútʹ |
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