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Synonyms for flick
flɪkflick
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Wiktionary
flicknoun
flicknoun
To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
flicknoun
The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
flicknoun
A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
Princeton's WordNet
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, pictureflicknoun
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, 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, celluloidflicker, flickverb
flash intermittently
"The lights flicked on and off"
Synonyms:
jerk, waver, leaf, thumb, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, flutter, quiver, flitter, click, riffleflick, 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, undulateflip, 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, clickjerk, 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, riffleflicker, flickverb
shine unsteadily
"The candle flickered"
Synonyms:
jerk, waver, leaf, thumb, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, flutter, quiver, flitter, click, riffleflick, 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, undulatesnap, 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, clackflickverb
touch or hit with a light, quick blow
"flicked him with his hand"
Synonyms:
leaf, jerk, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, thumb, click, riffleflickverb
remove with a flick (of the hand)
Synonyms:
leaf, jerk, flicker, flip, ruffle, snap, riff, thumb, click, riffle
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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 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(.).
I was asked to do a romantic comedy recently and I thought they ’d lost their minds, i don’t know why anyone would ever offer me a romantic comedy, Christian Bale continued. CHRISTIAN BALE UNRECOGNIZABLE IN FIRST PICS AS DICK CHENEY FOR LATEST BIOPIC ROLE But Christian Bale said thought the 2000 flick American Psycho was very funny, referring to Christian Bale breakout leading role in which Christian Bale played Patrick Bateman, a rich New York investment banker with an urge to kill. The movie is based on Bret Easton Ellis ’ 1992 novel of the same name. The Oscar winner described.
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.
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.
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.
Translations for flick
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- перване, первам, лек ударBulgarian
- FilmGerman
- تلنگرPersian
- pyyhkäistä, näpäys, näpäyttää, pyyhkäisyFinnish
- défilerFrench
- झटकाHindi
- pöcköl, fricskázHungarian
- menjentikkanIndonesian
- colpo di frustaItalian
- フリック, 弾くJapanese
- flickLatin
- whiunga, whiuMāori
- tikDutch
- flickNorwegian
- estalido, piparote, sacudirPortuguese
- толчок, фильм, рывок, [[лёгкий]] [[удар]], тряхнуть, стряхивать, смахивать, стряхнуть, смахнуть, движениеRussian
- 弹Chinese
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