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flicks

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flick 1  (flk)
n.
1.
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.
flicks
Noun, pl
Slang, old-fashioned the cinema
Translations
French flicks [flɪks] npl (inf) → ciné m
Italian flicks npl the flicks (col) → il cine
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Bute's twinkling eyes, or the flicks of yellow that the rushlight threw on the dreary darkened ceiling.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Finding it past all rousing for the time, she slowly gets upon her feet, with an air of disappointment, and flicks the face with the back of her hand in turning from it.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Dickens, Charles View in context
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