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plural flicks
A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. quotations examples
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.
2011 January 5, Saj Chowdhury, “Newcastle 0 - 0 West Ham”, in BBC
(informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema. examples
(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target. examples
(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot. quotations examples
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.
2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport
The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device. examples
A flitch. examples
A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second examples
(dated, slang) A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address. quotations
'All that I have, dear old flick, is yours for the asking. What can I do?'
1920, H. C. McNeile, Bulldog Drummond
third-person singular simple present flicks, present participle flicking, simple past and past participle flicked
To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion. quotations examples
Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.
2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time
the Queen, flicking the snuff off her sleeve […]
1860, William Makepeace Thackeray, The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour
To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly. quotations examples
They were quiet for a time, watching the fields and lanes flick past.
1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone