FLICKING

Verb

flicking

present participle of flick

Noun

flicking (plural flickings)

The act by which something is flicked.

Anagrams

• Fickling, fickling

Source: Wiktionary


FLICK

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



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