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Meanings of flick in English

Portuguese
película
Catalan
pel·lícula
Spanish
película
Wikidata

A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.

      película
      Portuguese
      sacudir
      Spanish
      arrojar
      Catalan
      llançar

      Look through a book or other written material.

          sacudir
          Catalan
          fer petar

          Cause to make a snapping sound.

                fer petar
                Portuguese
                titilar
                Spanish
                titilar

                Flash intermittently.

                      titilar
                      Usage of flick in English
                      1
                      Love, the new Michael Haneke flick, will almost certainly be on display.
                      The Irish Times
                      2
                      A flick of motion ahead and to the left caught his attention.
                      Treecat Wars
                      3
                      It was good enough that we almost enjoyed our test flick, Eragon.
                      Wired
                      4
                      The shopkeeper waved the question away with a flick of his hand.
                      A beautiful place to die
                      5
                      Most of us flick absentmindedly between Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, for example.
                      The Irish Times
                      6
                      They can just flick a switch and turn it on, Carter said.
                      Reuters
                      7
                      As featured in Eden, the new flick about the French Touch era.
                      The Irish Times
                      8
                      Padilha goes on to say that his flick hopes to address that.
                      Wired
                      9
                      His advice aside, the script and cast present an enjoyable chick flick.
                      Ebony
                      10
                      Oceans 8 is the first all-female flick that makes crime look glamorous.
                      The Guardian
                      11
                      So flick over to page 32 of the prospectus for the answer.
                      The Irish Times
                      12
                      As she was leaving I heard her flick off the light switch.
                      Spitting off tall buildings
                      13
                      Sure, there's a bit of Frankenstein-esque horror flick material in all this.
                      Wired
                      14
                      The blade must've given her no more than a harsh, stinging flick.
                      In the Dark
                      15
                      But I see no way that it counts as a horror flick.
                      The Irish Times
                      16
                      Natalie used a sidearmed toss to flick it onto the canopied bed.
                      Carrion comfort
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                      Translations for flick
                      Flick through the time
                      Flick across language varieties
                      Australia
                      Common
                      Ireland
                      Common
                      South Africa
                      Common
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