Flick

Definition: Flick

Flick

Noun

1. A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger" or "he felt the flick of a whip".

2. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location".

Verb

1. Flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off".

2. Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume".

3. Cause to move with a flick.

4. Throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head".

5. Shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered".

6. Twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked".

7. Cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers.

8. Touch or hit with a light, quick blow; "flicked him with his hand".

9. Move with a flick.

10. : remove with a flick (of the hand, for example).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

"Flick" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a happiness", "the good luck".

Date "flick" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1749. (references)

Literature

Slang

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Flick

The Drama

Western, horse opera; flick; spy film, love story, adventure film, documentary, nature film; pornographic film, smoker, skin flick, X-rated film.

Crosswords: Flick

I don't think I'm alone in the world in imagining this flick may be the worst idea since Greedo shooting first (Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back; writing credit: Kevin Smith)

Flick says he saw some grizzly bears near Polaski's candy store (A Christmas Story; writing credit: Leigh Brown; Bob Clark)

Crapping Tiger is a chick flick with kung-fu (Roswell; writing credit: Ronald D. Moore; Gretchen J. Berg)

I just gave him a little flick! (Ready to Rumble; writing credit: Steven Brill)

Just flick the switch into overdrive (Lovin' Every Minute Of It; performing artist: Loverboy)

Flick your eyes back in their sockets (Wishing I Was There; performing artist: Natalie Imbruglia)

Like this some old Charlie Chaplin flick, (Code Red; performing artist: Prince)

The Last Porno Flick (1974)

Skin Flick Madness (1971)

Flick (1970)

Killer Flick (1998)

INXS: Kick: The Video Flick (1988)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• A Flick of the Switch, 1930-1950 (Vintage Radio Series) (reference)

• Flick (reference)

• Flick a Switch: How Electricity Gets to Your Home (reference)

• Flick on Trial (reference)

• Flick the Switch (Step Back Science Series) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Flick Report (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Area 51 (Ski jib flick) (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Flick Hits: Old School Tracks [SOUNDTRACK] (reference)

• Flick of the Switch [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Elmer Flick. Credit: Library of Congress.

Thomas Cranmer, Archbishop of Canterbury, OB. 1556 / Flick pinx. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Expressions using "flick": chick flick ♦ flick a duster ♦ flick a switch ♦ flick knife ♦ flick off ♦ flick on ♦ flick out ♦ flick roll ♦ flick through ♦ skin flick. Additional references.

Beginning with "flick": flick-action, flick-back, flick-knife, flick-knives, flick-on, flick-ons, flick-page, flick-up.

Ending with "flick": back-flick, hit-flick, whip-flick.

Albanian

fshikulloj (flagellate, flog, lash, quirt, scourge, switch, whip), pëlltum (plop, plump, plunk), lëvizje e lehtë (waff), goditje e lehtë (flip, jog, rap), godit lehtë (rap), çokë (flip). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نفض الغبار (dust), ‏نفض الشىء بشكل عام, ‏نقرة بالاصبع, ‏نقر بالإصبع, ‏حركة سريعة (dart, flight, flirt, twinkle), ‏ضرب ضربا رفيقا, ‏صفعة خفيفة, ‏صوت النقرة, ‏صوت الضربة, ‏جلد بالسوط (lash, sting, strap). (various references)

Bulgarian 

удрям леко (tip), свиване (compression, constriction, contraction, cringing, crouch, flection, inflection, inflexion, retraction, shrink, shrinkage, shrug), трепване (jerk, jump, start, twitch, wince), шибвам (flip), очиствам (break, chastise, clean, cleanse, clear, depurate, deterge, do in, polish off, pop off, purge, purify, push off, remove, rid, rub out, wipe out), отмахвам (remove, take away), леко изплющяване, лек удар (flip), перване, первам (flap, flip), изплющявам леко. (various references)

Czech

zapnout (button up, fasten, flick on, hook up, switch on, turn on), cvrknutí, švihnutí (stroke), švihnout, šlehnutí (cut, lash, smack, whiplash), šlehnout. (various references)

Danish

stoedpaavirket udstoeder (flick ejector), springkniv (flick-knife), hurtig rulning (flick roll). (various references)

Dutch

uitwerparm (flick ejector), snelle rol (flick roll). (various references)

Finnish

näpsäyttää (flip, snap). (various references)

French

feuilleter (flip), voix de coup, voix de chiquenaude, petit mouvement rapide, petit coup (flip), donner un léger coup, donner des coups par le doigt, chiquenaude. (various references)

German

film (film, motion picture, movie, movieUS, pellicle, picture, release), schnipser, schnipsen (click, flip, snap), schnalzen (chirrup, clap, click, crack, rattle, snap). (various references)

Greek 

κτύπημα (battery, blow, box, bruise, coup, hit, percussion, rap, strike, stroke, thrust, whop), κτυπώ ελαφρώσ (chuck, dab, flip, tap, tip), αγγίζω ανάλαφρα (touch with the faintest of to), τινάζω ελαφρά, τίναγμα (bump, concussion, jerk, jerking, jolt, jounce, percussion, shake, shock, toss, twitch). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"קיש באצבע, לטלטל ב�"קשת אצבע, �"צלפ�" (flagellation, lash, lashing, slash, stroke, whipping), סטיר�" קל�". (various references)

Hungarian

fricska (fillip, flip, rap), csettintés (click, click of the tongue, crack, smack, snap, snapping). (various references)

Indonesian

getik (tap lightly). (various references)

Italian

schioccare (chirrup, click, crack, pop, smack, snap, swish), muoversi a scatti, dare una frustatina, dare un colpetto (flip, Pat), colpo di frusta (whiplash), colpo (bang, beat, blow, bout, buffet, bump, chop, clap, clout, dab, dash, fit, flap, hit, hitch, hoot, jab, knock, pelt, punch, punishment, putt, rap, shock, shot, slam, slap, sock, splash, stamp, sting, strike, stroke, thump, thwack, whack), colpire leggermente (putt), colpetto (jab, nudge, Pat, tap), buffetto (fillip). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

フランス�" (FC, flamberge, flannel, franchise, franchise chain, freak, free, free agent, free dial, free kick, free sex, free skating, free talking, free tax, free throw, free time, free trade, free weights, freedom, freesia, free-software, freestyle, freeware, freeway, freeze, freeze-dry, freezer, French, French window, frieze, one size fits all, one whose livelihood is provided by part-time work, refrigerator, toll-free number, young people subsisting on part-time work). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

フリーク (freak). (various references)

Korean 

가볍게 치기. (various references)

Manx

sniggal, snig (catch, fillip, flip, latch), cur scuitch beg da, cassey (change, curl, distort, flounce, involve, pervert, screw, spin, squirm, swing, swirl, tangle, turn, turn over, twist, warp, whip-round, wrench, wring). (various references)

Pig Latin

ickflay.(various references)

Portuguese

risca (streak, stroke), pinta (dapple, dot, speck, speckle, spot), pincelada (touch), pancada (bang, bash, bat, biff, blow, bob, bop, clout, crack, cram, dint, drub, flaw, knock, lick, milling, pelt, plunk, shock, smacker, stinger, strike, stroke, swat), movimento súbito (dash), listra (streak, stripe), esvoaçar (flirt, flit, float, hover, mount, waver), estalido (clack, crack, cracking, crackling, flaw, flip, snap), chicotear levemente, chicotada (horsing, lash, lashing), agitar (abet, agitate, alarm, beat, brandish, bustle, churn, cob, commove, convulse, dimple, discompose, excite, faze, ferment, flap, fling, flounce, flourish, flurry, flutter, fret, incite, jar, jingle, jounce, moot, perturb, pulsate, quiver, ripple, shake, stir, stir up, sway, swing, switch, toss, ventilate, waggle, wave, whip up, whisk). (various references)

Romanian

scutura (agitate, beat, concuss, dust, haul dust, jog, shake), plesniturã bruscã, plesni uşor (slap, smack), loviturã uşoarã (dab, flip, rap, tap, touch), bobârnac (fillip, flip). (various references)

Russian 

слегка ударить, легкий удар (dab, putt, rap). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zvrčka (doohickey, fillip), lako udariti, lak udarac (jog, rap, tap, tip). (various references)

Spanish

película (film, motion picture, movie, pellicle, picture, reel), golpecito rápido, golpecito (dab, rap, tap), dar un golpecito a, chasquido (click, snap), chasquear un golpecito, capirotazo (flip). (various references)

Swedish

knäpp (barmy, bent, click, cracked, dippy, fillip, flip, kinky, kookie, kooky, screwy, snap, wacky). (various references)

Thai

สะบั�", การฟา�", กระตุก (jerk, jolt), ก�"ปุ่มปิ�"เปิ�"เครื่องกล (flip), หนัง (fillem). (various references)

Turkish

fiske vurmak (fillip, flip), fiske atmak, fiske (fillip, flip), film (cine-, cine film, film, movie, moving picture, picture, silver screen), parmak şıklatmak, hafifçe vurmak (clap, percuss, rap, tap, tip), şaklama sesi, ani hareket (finisher, impulse, jerk, saltation). (various references)

Ukrainian

різкий рух, щиголь (flip, goldfinch), шмагати (bull-dose, castigate, flog, thrash, thresh, thwack, whip), змахувати (brush off, knock off, whisk). (various references)

Vietnamese 

cú đánh nhẹ (rap), cái nảy, cái giật (pluck), cái gõ nhẹ (tap), cái đập nhẹ (tap). (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "flick": flicked, flicker, flickered, flickering, flickeringly, flickers, flickery, flicking, flicks. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Flick" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: effnick, falick, Fellick, Fick, Ficm, ficp, filc, filk, flacky, flecky, flic, flice, flich, flicka, Flicke, flics, flict, flik, flinck, Flink, flirk, flocc, fluck, Flyco, frick, Fullick, Ilfc, Ulick. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: flic, lick.

-2 letters: fil, ick, ilk, kif.

-3 letters: if, li.

+1 letter: fickle, fickly, flicks.

+2 letters: fickler, flicked, flicker.

+3 letters: backfill, blackfin, calflike, calfskin, cufflink, ficklest, firelock, flacking, flecking, flickers, flickery, flicking, flockier, flocking, frolicky, stickful.

+4 letters: backfield, backfills, blackfins, blackfish, calfskins, cufflinks, firelocks, flagstick, flickered, flintlock, flockiest, flockings, folkloric, frecklier, freckling, frolicked, stickfuls.

+5 letters: backfields, backfilled, beflecking, blackflies, brickfield, fickleness, fiddleback, flackeries, flagsticks, flickering, flintlocks, freckliest, frolicking.