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flick

[ UK /flˈɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫɪk/ ]
VERB
  1. look through a book or other written material
    She leafed through the volume
    He thumbed through the report
  2. touch or hit with a light, quick blow
    flicked him with his hand
  3. flash intermittently
    The lights flicked on and off
  4. cause to move with a flick
    he flicked his Bic
  5. throw or toss with a quick motion
    jerk his head
    flick a piece of paper across the table
  6. remove with a flick (of the hand)
  7. twitch or flutter
    the paper flicked
  8. shine unsteadily
    The candle flickered
  9. cause to make a snapping sound
    snap your fingers
NOUN
  1. a short stroke
  2. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
    they went to a movie every Saturday night
    the film was shot on location
  3. a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
    he gave it a flick with his finger
    he felt the flick of a whip
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How To Use flick In A Sentence

  • Haven't seen remake, so I think my perceptions of the Wenders flick were relatively uncolored by expectations of what I thought it was ‘supposed to’ be about.
  • Sam flicked through a magazine while he waited.
  • Flick the years of dust, to laughter and tears, love and cemented in the minds of a thick crystal amber. I wish happy new year! I wish you the new year: don't gain weight, before the person you most Qiao; money in hand, laughing in the dream.
  • Instead, his dull eyes flicked disinterestedly from ice house to ice house, noting the plume of smoke drifting from each.
  • It was in that moment that several emotions flickered across the young girl's face.
  • There was a flicker of interest in Latham in the opening moments of the not-very-great debate - when he tackled the other unmentionable issues, Iran and the war against terror.
  • With a flick of invisible fingers it sent a tiny, blood-red stone skittering across the table to Tamani.
  • The only new films on the coasts today are art house flicks.
  • Depardieu's flick-knife is stuck in his stomach, and the dying man's description of his attacker is pointedly applicable to Depardieu. Archive 2008-08-01
  • “You’re right,” she said, regretting having lobbied so hard for what was described as the feel-good chick flick of the year. The Owl and Moon Cafe
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