1. Touch or hit with a light, quick blow
   "flicked him with his hand"
    
2. Throw or toss with a quick motion
   "flick a piece of paper across the table";
   - jerk
    
3. Cause to move with a flick
   "he flicked his Bic";
   - flip
    
4. Twitch or flutter
   "the paper flicked";
   - ruffle, riffle
    
5. Cause to make a snapping sound
   "flick your fingers";
   - snap, click
    
6. Flash intermittently
   "The lights flicked on and off";
   - flicker
    
7. Shine unsteadily
   "The candle flicked";
   - flicker
    
8. Look through a book or other written material
   "He flicked through the report";
   - flip, thumb, riffle, leaf, riff
    
9. Remove with a flick (of the hand)
   "She flicked the crumbs off her lap"

1. A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
   "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip"
    
2. A short stroke
   "With a flick of his wrist, he turned the page"
    
3. [informal] A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
   "they went to a flick every Saturday night";
   - movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic [informal]

Derived forms: flicked, flicking, flicks

Type of: beam, blink, brush, contact, displace, flash, force, impinging, move, peruse, product, production, push, remove, shine, striking, stroke, take, take away, throw, twinkle, wing, wink, winkle [rare], withdraw

Encyclopedia: Flick, Tom