What are some alternative words for flick?
Synonyms for flick
flɪk
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term flick.
Princeton's WordNet
flick(noun)
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, pictureflick(noun)
a short stroke
Synonyms:
moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, film, picture show, motion-picture show, movie, pic, picturemovie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick(verb)
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"
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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, celluloidflicker, flick(verb)
flash intermittently
"The lights flicked on and off"
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jerk, waver, leaf, thumb, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, flutter, quiver, flitter, click, riffleflick, flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff(verb)
look through a book or other written material
"He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume"
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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, undulateflip, flick(verb)
cause to move with a flick
"he flicked his Bic"
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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, clickjerk, flick(verb)
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, riffleflicker, flick(verb)
shine unsteadily
"The candle flickered"
Synonyms:
jerk, waver, leaf, thumb, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, flutter, quiver, flitter, click, riffleflick, ruffle, riffle(verb)
twitch or flutter
"the paper flicked"
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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, undulatesnap, click, flick(verb)
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, clackflick(verb)
touch or hit with a light, quick blow
"flicked him with his hand"
Synonyms:
leaf, jerk, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, thumb, click, riffleflick(verb)
remove with a flick (of the hand)
Synonyms:
leaf, jerk, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, thumb, click, riffle
Wiktionary
flick(noun)
flick(noun)
To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
flick(noun)
The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
flick(noun)
A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#94 | click | |
#156 | video | |
#304 | photo | |
#376 | image | |
#490 | movie | |
#631 | picture | |
#677 | film | |
#1810 | switch | |
#2152 | cock | |
#2368 | icon | |
#2402 | pic | |
#2456 | mix | |
#2712 | scene | |
#2872 | sky | |
#2878 | exposure | |
#3480 | painting | |
#3953 | cinema | |
#4224 | crack | |
#4404 | throw | |
#4908 | finger | |
#5029 | leaf | |
#5125 | alternate | |
#5175 | shoot | |
#5334 | dawn | |
#5732 | photograph | |
#6268 | pitch | |
#7321 | snap | |
#7353 | impression | |
#7356 | flip | |
#7799 | thumb | |
#8285 | buck | |
#9356 | tear | |
#9475 | characterization | |
#10713 | bust | |
#10852 | tick | |
#12304 | shuffle | |
#12778 | interchange | |
#14556 | jerk | |
#14594 | hitch | |
#14874 | toss | |
#15194 | tack | |
#16326 | snatch | |
#16465 | flick | |
#16533 | gesture | |
#18842 | chatter | |
#20422 | penetrate | |
#22575 | riff | |
#22870 | strut | |
#23676 | ripple | |
#24292 | rupture | |
#25588 | depiction | |
#29630 | fluff | |
#29664 | flicker | |
#31397 | characterisation | |
#33970 | yank | |
#34901 | ruffle | |
#35877 | twitch | |
#37013 | delineation | |
#37891 | flutter | |
#43600 | celluloid | |
#43658 | quiver | |
#44018 | ikon | |
#56855 | pleat | |
#59455 | clack | |
#64040 | waver | |
#64843 | swagger | |
#70199 | snarl | |
#70369 | riffle | |
#84202 | cluck | |
#87911 | cockle | |
#111189 | prance | |
#126833 | fillip | |
#155281 | hitchhike | |
#189583 | flitter | |
#198456 | sashay | |
#204476 | undulate | |
#214393 | rumple |
How to use flick in a sentence?
I think you are going to see a turning point; you can see that happening in our politics right now, i think people are so fed up with the status quo. Sorbo's latest faith-based flick Joseph and Mary, out on DVD July 5th, focuses on the story of Joseph.
The biggest selfish is like a mentally sick who can think nothing but to lick own looks on pic only, so has a propensity to pick & post almost daily own photo click on social media and at times even own video flick to get the praise of others on own face merely and in this bid always uses all sort of tricks.
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.
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(.).
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.
Translations for flick
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- первам, перване, лек ударBulgarian
- FilmGerman
- تلنگرPersian
- näpäys, pyyhkäistä, pyyhkäisy, näpäyttääFinnish
- défilerFrench
- झटकाHindi
- fricskáz, pöckölHungarian
- menjentikkanIndonesian
- colpo di frustaItalian
- 弾く, フリックJapanese
- flickLatin
- whiu, whiungaMāori
- tikDutch
- flickNorwegian
- sacudir, piparote, estalidoPortuguese
- рывок, [[лёгкий]] [[удар]], тряхнуть, стряхивать, смахивать, смахнуть, толчок, движение, стряхнуть, фильмRussian
- 弹Chinese
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