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flicflac

American  
[flik-flak] / ˈflɪkˌflæk /

noun

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

Etymology

Origin of flicflac

1850–55; < French; imitative

Example Sentences

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

From Franz Liszt by Huneker, James

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