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flick

flick
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [flik]
    • /flɪk/
    • /flɪk/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [flik]
    • /flɪk/

Definitions of flick word

  • noun flick a motion picture. 1
  • verb with object flick to strike lightly with a whip, the finger, etc. 1
  • verb with object flick to remove with such a stroke: to flick away a crumb. 1
  • verb with object flick to move (something) with a sudden stroke or jerk. 1
  • verb without object flick to move with a jerk or jerks. 1
  • verb without object flick to flutter. 1

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Origin of flick

First appearance:

before 1400
One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English flykke; apparently imitative

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Flick

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

flick popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

flick usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for flick

verb flick

  • snap — to make a sudden, sharp, distinct sound; crack, as a whip; crackle.
  • tap — Telocator Alphanumeric Protocol
  • flip — to toss or put in motion with a sudden impulse, as with a snap of a finger and thumb, especially so as to cause to turn over in the air: to flip a coin.
  • tip — Eugene (Gladstone) 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
  • flicker — to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.

noun flick

  • riffle — a rapid, as in a stream.
  • perusal — a reading: a perusal of the current books.
  • scan — to glance at or over or read hastily: to scan a page.
  • browse — If you browse in a shop, you look at things in a fairly casual way, in the hope that you might find something you like.

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