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flick

Pronunciation: /flɪk/

The English word “flick” has 11 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
  2. 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. 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.

Etymology

From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker. The use of flick to mean a film or movie derives from the fact that early films had a low frame rate, thus causing the film to "flick" rapidly when projected onto a screen.

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