Synonyms for flick
flɪkflick

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1. flicknoun

   Synonyms:
   picture, fillip

2. flicknoun

   To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

   Synonyms:
   fillip, picture

3. flicknoun

   The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.

   Synonyms:
   picture, fillip

4. flicknoun

   A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

   Synonyms:
   fillip, picture

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 3 votes

1. flicknoun

   a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)

   "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip"

   Synonyms:
   moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, film, picture show, motion-picture show, movie, pic, picture

2. flicknoun

   a short stroke

   Synonyms:
   moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, film, picture show, motion-picture show, movie, pic, picture

3. movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flickverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   delineation, cinema, moving-picture show, impression, motion-picture show, scene, mental picture, characterisation, movie, ikon, icon, pic, exposure, pictorial matter, image, photograph, plastic film, word-painting, photo, depiction, painting, characterization, video, word picture, film, motion picture, photographic film, picture show, moving picture, picture, celluloid

4. flicker, flickverb

   flash intermittently

   "The lights flicked on and off"

   Synonyms:
   jerk, waver, leaf, thumb, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, flutter, quiver, flitter, click, riffle

5. flick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riffverb

   look through a book or other written material

   "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"

   Synonyms:
   thumb, pitch, throw, twitch, click, toss, flip over, switch, turn over, riff, leaf, tack, alternate, riffle, flip, ripple, interchange, snap, flip-flop, flip out, flicker, hitch, ruffle, finger, jerk, cockle, sky, hitchhike, undulate

6. flip, flickverb

   cause to move with a flick

   "he flicked his Bic"

   Synonyms:
   thumb, pitch, throw, twitch, interchange, toss, flip over, turn over, riff, leaf, tack, alternate, riffle, ruffle, flicker, flip-flop, flip, flip out, switch, jerk, sky, snap, click

7. jerk, flickverb

   throw or toss with a quick motion

   "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"

   Synonyms:
   jerk, hitch, yank, thumb, flicker, flip, buck, ruffle, twitch, riff, snap, leaf, click, riffle

8. flicker, flickverb

   shine unsteadily

   "The candle flickered"

   Synonyms:
   jerk, waver, leaf, thumb, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, flutter, quiver, flitter, click, riffle

9. flick, ruffle, riffleverb

   twitch or flutter

   "the paper flicked"

   Synonyms:
   thumb, ripple, tittup, click, sashay, swagger, riff, leaf, cock, riffle, pleat, mix, flip, ruffle up, shuffle, snap, fluff, strut, flicker, ruffle, mess up, jerk, prance, cockle, rumple, undulate

10. snap, click, flickverb

    cause to make a snapping sound

    "snap your fingers"

    Synonyms:
    thumb, ruffle, flip, snatch up, click, sink in, shoot, dawn, tear, tick, break down, come home, crack, snarl, penetrate, photograph, chatter, get through, flicker, riffle, lose it, snap, bust, fall into place, cluck, snatch, riff, leaf, jerk, get across, rupture, clack

11. flickverb

    touch or hit with a light, quick blow

    "flicked him with his hand"

    Synonyms:
    leaf, jerk, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, thumb, click, riffle

12. flickverb

    remove with a flick (of the hand)

    Synonyms:
    leaf, jerk, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, thumb, click, riffle

Matched Categories

1. • Brush
   • Contact
   • Flash
   • Move
   • Peruse
   • Push
   • Remove
   • Shine
   • Stroke
   • Throw

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1. List of paraphrases for "flick":

   gesture, film, movie

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How to use flick in a sentence?

1. Alejandro Mayorkas:

   I think President-elect Biden, and people who will be joining his incoming administration have spoken about the fact that there's a commitment to follow our asylum laws to enforce our asylum laws, and that means to provide humanitarian relief for those individuals who qualify for it onto the law, that can not be accomplished with just the flick of a switch and turned on and day one(.).

2. Scott C. Holstad:

   well it’s almost noon and i've done nothing all day, all my great plans shot to hell, of getting up at 7 and writing 3 new poems 1 new story 5 letters of sending out submissions to 4 new magazines and making several phone calls all by noon – so i'll just keep drinking coffee and reading from the stack of books on my kitchen table and maybe i'll go catch a flick and maybe just maybe i'll get half as much done tomorrow.

3. Jia Montanez:

   I still can't believe it. Just like that. A flick of a switch,my whole life turned upside down.

4. The Miami commissioner:

   It was more flick of his wrist from behind me when I was having lunch as he cowardly approached me from behind and ran away. This guy is not known as a very courageous guy. Actually, he’s quite a coward and appeared to be under the influence.

5. Tristan Harris:

   You have a supercomputer pointed at your brain, it's a race between Facebook's voodoo doll, where you flick your finger and they predict what to show you next, and Google's voodoo doll.