movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
(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”
flick
(noun) a short stroke
flick
(noun) a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); “he gave it a flick with his finger”; “he felt the flick of a whip”
flick
(verb) remove with a flick (of the hand)
flick
(verb) touch or hit with a light, quick blow; “flicked him with his hand”
snap, click, flick
(verb) cause to make a snapping sound; “snap your fingers”
jerk, flick
(verb) throw or toss with a quick motion; “flick a piece of paper across the table”; “jerk his head”
flick, ruffle, riffle
(verb) twitch or flutter; “the paper flicked”
flip, flick
(verb) cause to move with a flick; “he flicked his Bic”
flicker, flick
(verb) flash intermittently; “The lights flicked on and off”
flicker, flick
(verb) shine unsteadily; “The candle flickered”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Flick
A diminutive form of Felicity
flick (plural flicks)
A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
(informal) A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
A flitch.
A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
• (short, quick movement) fillip (of the finger)
• (cinema) the pictures
flick (third-person singular simple present flicks, present participle flicking, simple past and past participle flicked)
To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
Source: Wiktionary
Flick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flicking.] Etym: [Cf. Flicker.]
Definition: To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray.
Flick, n.
Definition: A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 May 2025
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
