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Flick
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- 1 A diminutive of the female given name Felicity.
- 2 A diminutive of the female given name Felicia.
"Felicia Jane "Flick" Beatrix Drummond is a British Conservative Party politician."
- 1 A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
"He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger."
- 2 a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement wordnet
- 3 A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema. informal
"My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind.""
- 4 a short stroke wordnet
- 5 A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
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- 6 a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible) wordnet
- 7 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."
- 8 The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
- 9 A flitch.
"a flick of bacon"
- 10 A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
- 11 A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address. dated, slang
"'All that I have, dear old flick, is yours for the asking. What can I do?'"
- 12 A photo. dated
"I was taking some flicks of the [p]arade […] and [someone] asked […] if I would like to take a picture of him[.]"
- 1 To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
"flick one's hair"
- 2 remove with a flick (of the hand) wordnet
- 3 To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
"Near-synonym: flit"
- 4 touch or hit with a light, quick blow wordnet
- 5 cause to make a snapping sound wordnet
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- 6 throw or toss with a quick motion wordnet
- 7 twitch or flutter wordnet
- 8 cause to move with a flick wordnet
- 9 look through a book or other written material wordnet
- 10 flash intermittently wordnet
- 11 shine unsteadily wordnet
Etymology
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.
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.
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