flick

flick¹ (fl

a. A light quick blow, jerk, or touch: a flick of the wrist; gave my horse a flick with the reins.

b. The sound accompanying this motion.

2. A light splash, dash, or daub.

v. flicked, flick·ing, flicks

v.tr.

1. To touch or hit with a light quick blow: flicked him with his hand. See Synonyms at brush¹.

2. To cause to move with a light blow; snap: flicked the light switch on.

3. To remove with a light quick blow: flicked the lint off the coat.

v.intr.

To twitch or flutter.

[Imitative.]

flicka·ble adj.

flick

Verb

1. to touch or move with the finger or hand in a quick jerky movement

2. to move with a short sudden movement, often repeatedly: the windscreen wipers flicked back and forth

3. flick through to look at (a book or magazine) quickly or idly

Noun

a tap or quick stroke [imitative]

Flick rabbits or hares collectively, 1887.

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Noun	1.	flick - a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip" impinging, striking, contact - the physical coming together of two or more things; "contact with the pier scraped paint from the hull"
	2.	flick - a short stroke stroke - a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush; "she applied the paint in careful strokes"
	3.	flick - 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" film, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, picture show, picture product, production - an artifact that has been created by someone or some process; "they improve their product every year"; "they export most of their agricultural production" sequence, episode - film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie credit - an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work; "the credits were given at the end of the film" subtitle, caption - translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen credits - a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film) telefilm - a movie that is made to be shown on television scene, shot - a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film feature film, feature - the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater; "the feature tonight is `Casablanca'" final cut - the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer home movie - a film made at home by an amateur photographer collage film - a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage coming attraction - a movie that is advertised to draw customers shoot-'em-up - a movie featuring shooting and violence short subject - a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature docudrama, documentary, documentary film, infotainment - a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event cinema verite - a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director film noir - a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters; "film noir was applied by French critics to describe American thriller or detective films in the 1940s" skin flick - a pornographic movie rough cut - the first print of a movie after preliminary editing silent movie, silent picture, silents - a movie without a soundtrack slow motion - a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate talkie, talking picture - a movie with synchronized speech and singing 3-D, 3D, three-D - a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance show - a social event involving a public performance or entertainment; "they wanted to see some of the shows on Broadway" musical, musical comedy, musical theater - a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing dub - provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language synchronise, synchronize - make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action; "synchronize this film" film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie" videotape, tape - record on videotape reshoot - shoot again; "We had to reshoot that scene 24 times"
Verb	1.	flick - flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" flicker flash, twinkle, wink, winkle, blink - gleam or glow intermittently; "The lights were flashing"
	2.	flick - look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" leaf, riff, riffle, thumb, flip peruse - examine or consider with attention and in detail; "Please peruse this report at your leisure"
	3.	flick - cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic" flip throw - propel through the air; "throw a frisbee"
	4.	flick - throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" jerk push, force - move with force, "He pushed the table into a corner"
	5.	flick - shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" flicker beam, shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"
	6.	flick - twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" riffle, ruffle move, displace - cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant"
	7.	flick - cause to make a snapping sound; "snap your fingers" click, snap move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	8.	flick - touch or hit with a light, quick blow; "flicked him with his hand" brush - touch lightly and briefly; "He brushed the wall lightly"
	9.	flick - remove with a flick (of the hand) remove, take away, withdraw, take - remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment"