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How to pronounce flick in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms flip, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb
Type of peruse
Type Words
Synonyms jerk
Type of push, force


flick a piece of paper across the table.
Type Words
Synonyms click, snap
Type of move
Type Words
Synonyms film, motion-picture show, motion picture, movie, moving-picture show, moving picture, pic, picture, picture show
Type of show, production, product
Has types home movie, infotainment, musical, musical comedy, musical theater, rough cut, coming attraction, 3-d, shoot-'em-up, short subject, silent movie, silent picture, silents, skin flick, slow motion, 3d, talking picture, talkie, telefilm, three-d, cinema verite, docudrama, documentary, documentary film, collage film, feature, feature film, film noir, final cut
Type Words
Synonyms flicker
Type of beam, shine


The candle flickered.
Type Words
Synonyms flicker
Type of winkle, wink, flash, blink, twinkle


The lights flicked on and off.
Type Words
Synonyms riffle, ruffle
Type of displace, move


the paper flicked.
Type Words
Synonyms flip
Type of throw


he flicked his Bic.
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Type of impinging, contact, striking


he gave it a flick with his finger.
he felt the flick of a whip.
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Type of stroke
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Type of withdraw, remove, take, take away
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Type of brush


flicked him with his hand.

Examples of flick

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This flick has become a cult classic and highly revered for its animation style.
From the kansas.com
He will jink and sprint and flick passes out of the back of the hand like magic.
From the canberratimes.com.au
The sauce thickly coats all the seafood, the spices flick the tip of the tongue.
From the sfgate.com
Tickets for individual movies run at $15 a flick and will be available in April.
From the theepochtimes.com
The Brumbies'Fijian-born prop Jerry Yanuyanutawa tries a flick pass at training.
From the canberratimes.com.au
Well, for starters, this guy wasn't some groupie you could flick off like a bug.
From the ocregister.com
A wry smile and a cheeky flick of Quest's suspenders and Dita has him convinced.
From the cnn.com
Now the cast hopes their core fan base will make the fourth flick a blockbuster.
From the cnn.com
Flick filed a wrongful-termination and breach-of-contract lawsuit in March 2005.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip"
  • Flicker: flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off"
  • A short stroke
  • Look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
  • Flip: cause to move with a flick; "he flicked his Bic"
  • Movie: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
  • The flick is a technique used in modern fencing. It is used in foil and to a lesser extent, u00E9pu00E9e.
  • Flick is a British horror film released in 2007. The DVD of the film was released in the UK on 19 October 2009. Film shootings have passed in Workingman's Institute and Memorial Hall, Newbridge, Wales.
  • Flickr is an image hosting and video hosting website, web services suite, and online community created by Ludicorp and later acquired by Yahoo!. ...