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noun

Flick n. A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.

Flick n.

A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow. "She actually took the whip out of his hand and gave a flick to the pony."

A motion picture; as, I went to see a flick on Friday. (Colloq.)

verb

Flick v. t. (past & past part. flicked; pres. part. flicking)

To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.

To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a whiplash. "Rude boys were flicking butter pats across chaos."

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Etymology of 'Flick'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Flick" Quotes from Famous Books

... of her outraged pride; she gave not one thought to the mad thing she was about to do; she stayed not one instant to question the trustworthiness of the man who had so strangely shadowed her since their meeting in the bazaar; she decided in the flick of an eyelid. ...

— The Hawk of Egypt • Joan Conquest

... send me hurrying Back by the sword-blade thinness of the bridge From paradise to earth, and in the middle Flick me down sideways ...

— The Garden of Bright Waters - One Hundred and Twenty Asiatic Love Poems • Translated by Edward Powys Mathers

... he, "surely you must know—" He paused to flick a speck of soot from his knee, and then continued: "Did she ...

— The Broad Highway • Jeffery Farnol

... to the blowing Rows about us—"Lo, "Strolling," they say, "over the course we go, "And here or there we lightly flick the Ball, "Turn, and the Trick ...

— The Golfer's Rubaiyat • H. W. Boynton

... mass of irritable beasts was urged forward by the white drover and his boys. It was a ticklish job, and the whips were kept quiet at first, except to flick up one or another which tried to poke out of the mob. All went well till the leading cattle came to the wing of the yard. Those iron rails frightened them. They had only seen a yard once before in their lives, and the rails of that ...

— In the Musgrave Ranges • Jim Bushman

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