Flick

/flɪk/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

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

She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.

On this occasion it was Nolan's deft flick that fooled West Ham's sleepy defenders Danny Gabbidon and Tomkins. The ball found its way to Best, who smashed in with confidence from the edge of the area.

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

Want to go to the flicks tonight?

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.

a flick of bacon

'All that I have, dear old flick, is yours for the asking. What can I do?'

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Word Forms

• flicks
• flicking
• flicked

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