Hypertext Webster Gateway: "flick"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flick \Flick\, v. t.
To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt; as, to flick a
whiplash.
Rude boys were flicking butter pats across chaos.
--Kipling.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flick \Flick\, n. [See {Flick}, v. t.]
A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a
flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow.
She actually took the whip out of his hand and gave a
flick to the pony. --Mrs. Humphry
Ward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flick \Flick\, n.
A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Flick \Flick\ (fl[i^]k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Flicked}
(fl[i^]kt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Flicking}.] [Cf. Flicker.]
To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a
horse; to flick the dirt from boots. --Thackeray.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
flick
n 1: a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he
gave it a flick with his finger" or "he felt the flick
of a whip"
2: a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of
images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they
went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot
on location" [syn: {movie}, {film}, {picture}, {moving
picture}, {motion picture}, {picture show}, {pic}]
v 1: flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" [syn:
{flicker}]
2: look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed
through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" [syn:
{flip}, {thumb}, {riffle}, {leaf}, {riff}]
3: cause to move with a flick [syn: {flip}]
4: throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper
across the table"; "jerk his head" [syn: {jerk}, {flip}]
5: shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" [syn: {flicker}]
6: twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" [syn: {ruffle}, {riffle}]
7: cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers [syn: {snap}, {click}]
8: touch or hit with a light, quick blow; "flicked him with his
hand"
9: move with a flick [syn: {flip}]
10: remove with a flick (of the hand, for example)
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