flicflac

[ flik-flak ]
/ ˈflɪkˌflæk /

noun

a step in dancing in which the feet strike rapidly together.

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Origin of flicflac

1850–55; <French; imitative

Words nearby flicflac

flex-wing, fley, flibbert, flibbertigibbet, flic, flicflac, flichter, flick, flicker, flickertail, Flickertail State
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Example sentences from the Web for flicflac

  • And apostasy grins at him; lurks in the metronome with its flicflac.

    Franz Liszt|James Huneker

  • If you do not make love to Flicflac, from the day after her marriage to the day she reaches sixty, she thinks you a fool.

    The Paris Sketch Book of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh|William Makepeace Thackeray