See Also: flick 2, noun(dictionary)
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flick(5)(dictionary)
flick(6)(dictionary)
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Flick, Friedrich(encyclopedia)
flick 1, verb(dictionary)
flick knife(dictionary)

flick 2, noun (oh)



2 n
[Sense: 1-2, 5; Date: 1400-1500; Origin: FLICK1]
[Sense: 3-4; Date: 1900-2000; Origin: FLICKER1; because of the appearance of early movies.]
[C] a short quick sudden movement or hit with a part of your body, whip etc
::With a flick of the wrist , Frye sent the ball into the opposite court.
flick of a switch
used to emphasize how easy it is to start a machine and use it
::I can shut off all the power in the building at the flick of a switch .
[C usually singular] especially AmE a film
::an action flick
the flicks
BrE old-fashioned the cinema
have a flick through sth
BrE to look at a book, magazine, set of pictures etc very quickly
::I had a quick flick through your report.