n.[C]

1. （鞭子的）輕打；（手指的）輕彈
2. 輕彈聲，輕擊聲
3. 【俚】電影[the P]
   go to the flicks

   去看電影

vt.

1. 啪地輕打；輕彈[（+with）]
   He flicked the horse with his whip.

   他用鞭輕輕地抽馬。

2. 彈掉[（+off/away）]
   I flicked the dust off my coat.

   我把灰從衣服上彈掉。

3. 啪地開動[（+on/off）]
   David flicked on the light.

   大衛啪地把燈開亮。

vi.

1. 輕彈；輕拂
   The snake's tongue flicked from side to side.

   那蛇忽左忽右地吐著舌頭。

v.

1. make or cause to make a sudden quick movement.
2. propel with a quick movement of the fingers.
3. (flick through) look quickly through (a book, magazine, etc.).

n.

1. a sudden quick movement or blow.
   ▸ (a flick through) a quick look through (a book, magazine, etc.).
2. the sudden release of a bent finger or thumb.
3. informal a cinema film.
   ▸ (the flicks) Brit. the cinema.