flick

About 0.92 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

   He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.

2. noun A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.

   My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."

3. noun A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
4. noun A powerful underarm volley shot.
5. noun The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
6. noun A flitch.

   a flick of bacon

7. noun A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second.
8. noun A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.

Similar words

snap jerk click flip flicker ruffle strike picture film riffle

Often followed by

of the and a on through it to his

Word family

flicked flicking flicks