Meaning of Flick | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A diminutive of the female given name Felicity.
2. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
3. A diminutive of the female given name Felicia.
4. A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
   informal
5. A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
6. A powerful underarm volley shot.
7. The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
8. A flitch.
9. A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
10. A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.
    dated, slang
11. A photo.
    dated

Equivalents

Examples

“He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.”

“She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.”

“On this occasion it was Nolan's deft flick that fooled West Ham's sleepy defenders Danny Gabbidon and Tomkins. The ball found its way to Best, who smashed in with confidence from the edge of the area.”

“My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."”

“Want to go to the flicks tonight?”

“The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.”

“a flick of bacon”

“'All that I have, dear old flick, is yours for the asking. What can I do?'”

“I was taking some flicks of the [p]arade […] and [someone] asked […] if I would like to take a picture of him[.]”

“Felicia Jane "Flick" Beatrix Drummond is a British Conservative Party politician.”

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