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flicflac

[ flik-flak ]
/ ˈflɪkˌflæk /
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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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How to use flicflac in a sentence

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

    Franz Liszt|James Huneker

  • In her name and his own he thanked the company, and sat down, and was once more particularly attentive to Mademoiselle Flicflac.

    Men's Wives|William Makepeace Thackeray

  • 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
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