Flick (Noun)
Meaning 1
A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger"; "he felt the flick of a whip".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.
Hypernyms
Related Words
Meaning 2
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Synonyms
- Movie
- Moving Picture
- Moving-picture Show
- Motion-picture Show
- Picture Show
- Film
- Picture
- Motion Picture
- Pic
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
- Final Cut
- Silent Picture
- Short Subject
- Musical Theater
- Docudrama
- Rough Cut
- Telefilm
- Documentary
- Musical
- Home Movie
- Musical Comedy
- Shoot-'em-up
- Slow Motion
- Three-D
- Feature Film
- Coming Attraction
- Film Noir
- Silent Movie
- Silents
- Feature
- Talking Picture
- Infotainment
- Skin Flick
- 3-D
- Collage Film
- 3D
- Documentary Film
- Cinema Verite
- Talkie
Meaning 3
A short stroke.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- With a quick flick of the paintbrush, she added the finishing touches to the portrait.
- He tried to learn the golf swing but had trouble with the backstroke flick that added distance to his shots.
- Her nail technician demonstrated how to use the curve of her wrist for the subtle nail art flick that looked deceptively effortless.
- Just before throwing, she would wind up her arm in preparation for the spinning backhanded flick.
- Tired and overwhelmed by household chores, it seemed the effortless ironing press setting produced by that casual downwards hand-flick caused little.