Synonyms for flick
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : flik |
| Phonetic Transcription : flɪk |
Définition of flick
Origin :- 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.
- verb light touch
- Thinking of this, he produced it from the holster with a flick of his fingers.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- I laid back my ears--I am Kabeyde, and it is not for the Diné to flick whips at me.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- He would give the roan a flick, and his sulky would flash by.
- Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
- Suddenly they began to flick out of sight by twos and threes.
- Extract from : « Pariah Planet » by Murray Leinster
- He could smell the brine and feel the flick of the foam on his lips and cheeks.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Then, with a flick of the whip, they were off on their journey.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- For Audrey, smarting from Wyndham's insult, it was the flick of the lash in her face.
- Extract from : « Audrey Craven » by May Sinclair
- From the sleeve of his coat he flicked, or affected to flick, a speck.
- Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
- You might even get an urge to move your hand and flick the fly off your hand.
- Extract from : « A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis » by Melvin Powers
- Suddenly a flick from the whip chanced to hit the bull in the eye.
- Extract from : « A Hungarian Nabob » by Maurus Jkai
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