Meaning

9 senses
  1. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

    He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.

    She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.

    рыво́кryvók, толчо́кtolčók, движе́ниеdvižénije

  2. (informal)A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.

    My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."

    Want to go to the flicks tonight?

  3. A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

  4. A powerful underarm volley shot.

  5. The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.

    schnipsen

  6. A flitch.

    a flick of bacon

  7. A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second.

  8. (dated, slang)A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.

  9. (dated)A photo.

More definitions
  • a short stroke
  • a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
  • a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

Examples

69 sentences
  1. Tom flicked the switch.

    Том клацнув переключателем.

    ruТом щёлкнул выключателем.

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  2. What's your favorite chick flick?

    Який твій улюблений чікфлік?

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  3. I love chick flicks.

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  4. Tom flicked on the light.

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  5. Tom flicked off the TV.

    ruТом выключил телевизор.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
a short, quick movement:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
act of striking with a finger:

Origin

From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as

From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker.

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Forms

plural: flicks
Singularflick
Pluralflicks

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
short, quick movement:fillip
cinema:the picture
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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