flick
noun
a sudden light blow or tap, as with a whip or the finger.
is flicking
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present progressiveof flick (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Flo Patterson is flicking through a rack of men's winter jumpers.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2024
She twitches her head away at the mention of it, like she is flicking away a wasp.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 11, 2018
In his dressing room at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, Douglas Hodge is flicking through a giant scrapbook.
From BBC ● Jun. 21, 2013
She carries a duster and toddles about meddlesomely, spying out dust so diligently that whilst she is flicking off one speck she is already looking elsewhere for another.
From The Doctor's Dilemma by Bernard Shaw
