flick
flick1 definition
flick (flik)
noun
- a light, quick stroke, as with a whip; sudden, jerky movement; snap
- a light, snapping sound, as of the flick of a whip
- a fleck; splotch; streak
Etymology: echoic, but infl. by flicker
transitive verb
- to strike, propel, remove, etc. with a light, quick, snapping stroke, as with the fingernail
- to make a light, quick, snapping stroke with (a whip, etc.)
intransitive verb
to move quickly and jerkily; flutter
flick2 definition
flick Idioms
the flicks
Slang- films collectively
- a showing of a film
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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