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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
Synonyms
Examples for "flicker"
Examples for "flicker"
1
The screen flicker is more a more drastic problem and highly annoying.
Wired
2
The flicker was the flicker of the blue flame of the spirit-lamp.
The Lion's Share
3
A new flicker of interest grew in the eyes of the Unknown.
The Bat
4
Conclusions: Pupillary constriction depends on flicker frequency and duty cycle besides intensity.
Pubmed
5
The light in the lamp gave one brave flicker and went out.
The Blood Red Dawn
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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