[
UK
/flˈɪk/
]
[ US /ˈfɫɪk/ ]
[ US /ˈfɫɪk/ ]
VERB
-
look through a book or other written material
She leafed through the volume
He thumbed through the report -
touch or hit with a light, quick blow
flicked him with his hand -
flash intermittently
The lights flicked on and off -
cause to move with a flick
he flicked his Bic -
throw or toss with a quick motion
jerk his head
flick a piece of paper across the table - remove with a flick (of the hand)
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twitch or flutter
the paper flicked -
shine unsteadily
The candle flickered -
cause to make a snapping sound
snap your fingers
NOUN
- a short stroke
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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 -
a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
he gave it a flick with his finger
he felt the flick of a whip
How To Use flick In A Sentence
- 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
- My sister, indolent and unimaginative as she was, had visions of endless touch-typing speed trials supervised by austere women under flickering striplights.
- The uncertain flicker of the flames and sparks from our beacon (which, though itself invisible, darkened and lightened like sheet lightning), the dismal umbery glimmer of the waning moon, and the pale approach of day over the mountains to the east, made the face appear almost ghastly. The Dew of Their Youth
- Friday, March 27, 2009 at 06: 41 PM how odd to read this particular bit of news as i enjoy one of the only still-functioning electrical devices in my home (the computer), the others suffering from a mysterious anti-surge, in which switches produce only intermittent and then very weak current. nothing is 'crame' but the fridge has no cold, the water-heater no heat, the lamps flicker like candles guttering out their last wisp of light, etc. the electrician will be coming tomorrow; meanwhile one is very conscious of being (but not wishing to be) very spoiled and electrodependent ...... Cramer - French Word-A-Day
- 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.
