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.
