v.
   - make or cause to make a sudden quick movement.
 - propel with a quick movement of the fingers.
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(flick through)
 look quickly through (a book, magazine, etc.).
 
n.
   - a sudden quick movement or blow. 
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(a flick through)
 a quick look through (a book, magazine, etc.).
 - the sudden release of a bent finger or thumb.
 - informal a cinema film. 
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(the flicks)
 Brit. the cinema.
 
 
  Phrase
  
    
      - give someone the flick
 informal, chiefly Austral. reject someone in a casual way. 
    
   
  Derivative
  
  Etymology
  ME: symbolic, fl- freq. beginning words denoting sudden movement.