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.
