flick
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flick (plural flicks)
- A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.
- She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.
- 2011 January 5, Saj Chowdhury, “Newcastle 0 - 0 West Ham”, BBC:
- 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.
- (informal) A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."
- Want to go to the flicks tonight?
- (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
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(fencing) A cut that lands with the point
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flick (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.
- flick one's hair
- With a flick of the wrist.
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flick (plural flicks)
- (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
- 2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, BBC Sport:
- 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”, BBC Sport:
- The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
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To move (something) with a short, quick motion
