flick
flick is a 5-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots.
- noun. A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.
- noun. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
"they went to a movie every Saturday night"
"the film was shot on location"
- noun. a short stroke
- noun. a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
"he gave it a flick with his finger"
"he felt the flick of a whip"
- verb. remove with a flick (of the hand)
- verb. touch or hit with a light, quick blow
"flicked him with his hand"
- verb. cause to make a snapping sound
"snap your fingers"
- verb. throw or toss with a quick motion
"flick a piece of paper across the table"
"jerk his head"
- verb. twitch or flutter
"the paper flicked"
- verb. cause to move with a flick
"he flicked his Bic"
- verb. look through a book or other written material
"He thumbed through the report"
"She leafed through the volume"
- verb. flash intermittently
"The lights flicked on and off"
- verb. shine unsteadily
"The candle flickered"
Synonyms
film, movie, pic, picture, click, snap, jerk, riffle, ruffle, flip, leaf, riff, thumb, flicker
Common word forms
flicks, flicked, flicker, flicking, flickable
Words from these letters
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