flick
1- a sudden light blow or tap, as with a whip or the finger: She gave the horse a flick with her riding crop.
- the sound made by such a blow or tap.
- a light and rapid movement: a flick of the wrist.
- something thrown off with or as if with a jerk: a flick of mud.
- to strike lightly with a whip, the finger, etc.
- to remove with such a stroke: to flick away a crumb.
- to move (something) with a sudden stroke or jerk.
- to move with a jerk or jerks.
- to flutter.
Origin of flick
1flick
2- a motion picture.
Origin of flick
2Examples from the Web for flick
Contemporary Examples of flick
And who better to do that with than the actress who is playing the object of said (alleged) lesbian affection in the flick?
But the little-known stories behind the making of the film are almost as fascinating as the flick itself.
The Secrets of ‘Pulp Fiction’: 20 Things You Didn’t Know About the Movie on Its 20th AnniversaryMarlow Stern
October 19, 2014
You and Nic Cage are basically having a contest in that flick of who can go further.
Franco optioned the tome back in March 2011, and will star and direct the flick.
James Franco Shot His New Movie at the Venice Film Festival and I Was in ItMarlow Stern
September 5, 2014
Do you have any favorite memories from the making of that flick?
Joseph Gordon-Levitt on ‘Sin City’ and Why He Considers Himself a Male FeministMarlow Stern
August 14, 2014
Historical Examples of flick
Thinking of this, he produced it from the holster with a flick of his fingers.
Way of the LawlessMax Brand
I laid back my ears--I am Kabeyde, and it is not for the Diné to flick whips at me.
The Trail BookMary Austin
He would give the roan a flick, and his sulky would flash by.
Tiverton TalesAlice Brown
Suddenly they began to flick out of sight by twos and threes.
Pariah PlanetMurray Leinster
He could smell the brine and feel the flick of the foam on his lips and cheeks.
The ChristianHall Caine
flick
1- (tr) to touch with or as if with the finger or hand in a quick jerky movement
- (tr) to propel or remove by a quick jerky movement, usually of the fingers or handto flick a piece of paper at someone
- to move or cause to move quickly or jerkily
- (intr foll by through) to read or look at (a book, newspaper, etc) quickly or idly
- to snap or click (the fingers) to produce a sharp sound
- a tap or quick stroke with the fingers, a whip, etc
- the sound made by such a stroke
- a fleck, streak, or particle
- give someone the flick informal to dismiss someone from consideration
Word Origin for flick
flick
2- a cinema film
- the flicks the cinemawhat's on at the flicks tonight?
Word Origin and History for flick
mid-15c., 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 (v.), from their flickering appearance.
1816, from flick (n.); meaning "quick turn of the wrist" is from 1897, originally in cricket. Related: Flicked; flicking.