flick
noun
a sudden light blow or tap, as with a whip or the finger.
had flicked
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past perfectof flick.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Faes became just the second player to score a league goal against the Whites in 2024 when he headed in after Daka had flicked on Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall's corner.
From BBC ● Feb. 23, 2024
Rather than gradually, atmospherically rising, the lights on the tomb in the final scene suddenly clicked on, as if someone had flicked a switch.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
Now they were smooshed together in the hangar, as if a giant child had flicked them into each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2021
It was as if someone had flicked on a cosmic spotlight, and everything went from gray to green in an instant.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2019
Something had flicked her the way you’d flick a horse with the braided string popper on a buggy whip.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
