flick

Definition:
1. A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible).
2. A form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement.
3. Flash intermittently.
4. Look through a book or other written material.
5. Cause to move with a flick.
6. Throw or toss with a quick motion.
7. Shine unsteadily.

Use 'flick' in a sentence:

• 1. I've only had time to flick through your report but it seems to be fine.
• 2. Alan stretched out his hand and flicked the letter away.
• 3. I thought I'd have a quick flick through some recent issues.
• 4. We simply flick and replace at the back of the teacup.
• 5. Snuggle as you watch a romantic flick together.
• 6. She was flicking through some magazines on a table.
• 7. This pass gets its power from the flick of your wrists and fingers.
• 8. The actor will soon join the Marvel Cinematic Universe once he begins work on the upcoming superhero flick, Doctor Strange.
• 9. The flick is about the responsibility that men have to rescue those that mean something to them. That includes a daring rescue from a boring sick day.
• 10. His glance flicked round my face and came to rest on my eyes.
• 11. Finish with a roll or flick of the brush toward the biting edge.
• 12. She laughed and coughed, and the husband ran from the room with an ashen face, as if he'd seen a fulminating witch, some kind of horror flick apparition.
• 13. When the lights come up at the end of the flick, call up a friend and loudly discuss how rude the guy texting throughout the entire movie was.
• 14. I had a hankering to see 1949's White Heat, the Jimmy Cagney flick where he plays gangster Cody Jarrett.
• 15. He switched on the television, flicking through the channels in a search for something to hold his interest.
• 16. Her fingers flick on the keyboard.
• 17. Do you want to catch a flick with us?
• 18. James flicked a peanut at her.
• 19. She flicked her eyes up to make certain I was suitably impressed.
• 20. I had a flick through the catalogue while I was waiting.
• 21. He flicked his cigarette out of the window.
• 22. She turned the television on and flicked around between news programmes.
• 23. Most recently, Mitch Richmond helped produce the horror flick, Chain Letter.
• 24. Early autumn night, rain flick, a quietly climbed up the heart so lonely. Miss, inadvertently accompanied by night deep and deeply.
• 25. Let's hope they're wise enough not to be fooled by a machine that claims to determine truthfulness at the flick of a switch.
• 26. Maybe you hold your breath, or maybe you decide to skip the flick and go home to scrub your hands like you're Lady Macbeth.
• 27. Flick the dust off and we will use this table.
• 28. Can we flick a switch in our genome that will greatly extend our lifespan?
• 29. Flick on the switch and connect your iPhone to your notebook with a USB cable.
• 30. With a deft flick of his wrist, he extinguished the match.
• 31. Will users be forced to seek out movie fan pages to watch that particular flick?
• 32. I'll just flick through the pages until I find the right section.
• 33. To access the rest, you flick up a screen that holds all your applications.
• 34. Anything you need is only a flick of your tail away.
• 35. He threw the ball back with a quick flick of the wrist.
• 36. The jockey said he tended to flick horses with the whip.
• 37. She flicked the TV on.
• 38. During the fight with a rival gang he lashed out with his flick knife.
• 39. The snake's tongue flicked out.
• 40. The horse moved off, flicking its tail.
• 41. The horse was flicking flies away with its tail.
• 42. She flicked him a nervous glance.
• 43. She flicked a nervous glance at him.
• 44. He saw birds come and dip their heads to drink in it and then flick their wings and fly away.
• 45. She flicked the dust off her collar.
• 46. Bell's flick into the penalty area helped to create the goal.
• 47. That was in the days before electricity was available at the flick of a switch.
• 48. He flicked a switch and all the lights went out.
• 49. All this information is available at the flick of a switch.
• 50. He lifted his head, flicking his hair off his face.
• 51. Her eyes flicked from face to face.
• 52. She flicked a crumb off the corner of her mouth.
• 53. He flicked me with a wet towel.
• 54. He flicked a wet towel at me.
• 55. Please don't flick ash on the carpet!