flick

CEFRB2

/flɪk/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To move or hit something with a quick light motion.

  2. 02

    verb

    Extra detail

    A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

Examples

  • Notice how the hero in an action flick never seems to run out of ammo?

  • Yanni tried to convince Skura to do a porn flick.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meaning

  1. A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.

noun

Extra meanings

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

  2. A powerful underarm volley shot.

More examples

In context

  • What's your favorite chick flick?

  • 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.

Synonyms

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He decided to blank the annoying fly off his shoulder with a quick, gentle movement.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

verb

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.