flick.
A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
Meaning & usage
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.
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?
A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
A powerful underarm volley shot.
The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
A flitch.
a flick of bacon
A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second.
A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.
A photo.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker. The use of flick to mean a film or movie derives from the fact that early films had a low frame rate, thus causing the film to "flick" rapidly when projected onto a screen.
To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
flick one's hair
to flick the dirt from boots
To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker. The use of flick to mean a film or movie derives from the fact that early films had a low frame rate, thus causing the film to "flick" rapidly when projected onto a screen.
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