flick

Meaning

Noun

1. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
2. (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
3. A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
4. A powerful underarm volley shot.
5. The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
6. A flitch.
7. A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
8. (slang) A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.
9. A photo.

Verb

1. To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
2. To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.

Synonyms

flip

snap

fillip

flicker

tap

film

📽️

click

motion picture

riffle

jerk

movie

strike

toss

lash

rap

twitch

ruffle

thumb

thrust

throw

flap

browse

leaf

picture show

brush

cinema

🎦

chuck

swing

moving picture

percussion

pic

motion-picture show

moving-picture show

hit

picture

scroll

📜

shake

shift

shock

⚡

shoot

shot

shy

skim

sky

slap

smack

snick

stir

swish

switch

tip

tit

top

🔝

twinkle

waver

whip

whisk

whop

winkle

leaf through

movie theatre

toss away 3

shake off 4

crack

stroke

flap wings

flick off

flip a thumb a riffle a leaf a riff

drag a bunt

agitate

kineme

battery

🔋

blow

bop

box

📦

bruise

budge

bump

bunt

celluloid

chop

concussion

coup

crash

cuddle

dab

flash

flitter

flutter

glimmer

gutter

jolt

jounce

knap

luff

movie theater

pitch

plunker

poke

push aside

quiver

riff

run down

scan

scintillate

Pronounced as (IPA)

/flɪk/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: flykke

In summary

From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker.