flick
noun/flɪk/
/flɪk/
- [countable, usually singular] a small sudden, quick movement or hit, for example with a whip or part of the body
- Bell's flick into the penalty area helped to create the goal.
- All this information is available at the flick of a switch (= by simply turning on a machine).
- He threw the ball back with a quick flick of the wrist.
- The fish gave a quick flick of its tail.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- quick
- deft
- give (something)
- with a flick
- flick of
- at the flick of a switch
- [singular] a flick through something (especially British English) a quick look through a book, magazine, website, etc. synonym flip
- I had a flick through the catalogue while I was waiting.
- [countable] (old-fashioned, informal) a film see also chick flick
- the flicks[plural] (old-fashioned, British English, informal) the cinema
Word Originlate Middle English: symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words denoting sudden movement.
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