Flick

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  • noun. A movie.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A light quick blow, jerk, or touch.
  • noun. The sound accompanying this motion.
  • noun. A light splash, dash, or daub.
  • intransitive verb. To touch or hit with a light quick blow or fillip.
  • intransitive verb. To cause to move with a sudden movement or jerk.
  • intransitive verb. To propel or remove with a sudden movement, fillip, or light blow.
  • intransitive verb. To move in sudden or jerky manner.
  • intransitive verb. To look through the parts of something by making quick movements with the fingers.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A light sudden stroke, as with a whip or the finger; a flip.
  • To strike lightly with a quick jerk, as with a whip or the finger; flip: as, to flick off a fly from a horse.
  • noun. A dialectal form of flitch.
  • noun. In cricket, a quick turn of the bowler's wrist or forearm at the moment of delivering the ball.
  • 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.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A flitch.
  • transitive verb. To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap
  • transitive verb. To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt.
  • noun. A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow.
  • noun. A motion picture.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
  • noun. A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
  • noun. A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
  • noun. A powerful underarm volley shot.
  • noun. The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
  • noun. A flitch.
  • verb. To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. shine unsteadily
  • verb. flash intermittently
  • noun. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
  • verb. cause to move with a flick
  • verb. remove with a flick (of the hand)
  • noun. a short stroke
  • verb. twitch or flutter
  • verb. throw or toss with a quick motion
  • noun. a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
  • verb. look through a book or other written material
  • verb. cause to make a snapping sound
  • verb. touch or hit with a light, quick blow
  • Word Usage
    "Radar, on the other hand, insists the skin flick is no laughing matter, writing: During the first part of the tape Chelsea is fully clothed in her work uniform."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    beam  blink  brush  contact  displace  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Crick  Dick  Frick  Hick  Mick  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    flicker  gesture  jab  jerk  kick  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    verb-form
    flicked  flicking  flicks