Flick

Quick meaning: Flick is a noun meaning A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

Meaning

A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

More Meanings

1. (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
2. (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
3. (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
4. The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
5. A flitch.
6. A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
7. (dated, slang) A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.

Example Sentences

a flick of bacon

Want to go to the flicks tonight?

My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."

He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.

Word Forms

• flicks
• flicking
• flicked

Synonyms for flick

Depending on context, synonyms include fillip, flit, jerk, snap, strike, ruffle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include snap, jerk, click, flip, flicker, ruffle.

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