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flick

1  [flik]
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–noun
1. a sudden light blow or tap, as with a whip or the finger: She gave the horse a flick with her riding crop.
2. the sound made by such a blow or tap.
3. a light and rapid movement: a flick of the wrist.
4. something thrown off with or as if with a jerk: a flick of mud.
–verb (used with object)
5. to strike lightly with a whip, the finger, etc.
6. to remove with such a stroke: to flick away a crumb.
7. to move (something) with a sudden stroke or jerk.
–verb (used without object)
8. to move with a jerk or jerks.
9. to flutter.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME flykke; appar. imit.

flick

2  [flik]
–noun Slang.
a motion picture.
Also, flicker.

Origin:
1925–30; shortening of flicker 1
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flick 1   (flĭk)   
n.  
    1. A light quick blow, jerk, or touch: a flick of the wrist; gave my horse a flick with the reins.
    2. 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.]
flick'a·ble adj.
flick 2   (flĭk)   
n.   Slang
A movie.

[Short for flicker1.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Flick

Flick\ (fl[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flicked (fl[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Flicking.] [Cf. Flicker.] To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. --Thackeray.

Flick

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

Flick

Flick\, v. t. To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a whiplash.

Rude boys were flicking butter pats across chaos. --Kipling.

Flick

Flick\, n. [See Flick, v. t.] 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. --Mrs. Humphry Ward.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : flick
Spanish: movimiento rápido,
German: leichter, schneller Schlag,
Japanese: 軽く打つこと
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flick  (n.)
c.1447, probably imitative of a light blow with a whip. Earliest recorded use is in phrase not worth a flykke "useless." As slang for "film," it is first attested 1926, a back-formation from flicker, from their flickering appearance. The verb is first recorded 1838; meaning "quick turn of the wrist" is from 1897, originally in cricket.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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