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• a sudden quick movement.

• "the flick of a switch"

Similar: jerk, snap, flip, stroke, brush, sweep, swipe, whisk, dab, jab, click, touch,

• a cinema film.

• "a Hollywood action flick"

• a group of hares or rabbits.

• strike or propel (something) with a sudden quick movement of the fingers.

• "Max flicked his bow tie"

Similar: click, snap, flip, jerk, pull, tug, tweak, yank,

Origin: late Middle English: symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words denoting sudden movement.

• reject someone in a casual or offhand way.

• be rejected in a casual or offhand way.

• turn an electrical device off by means of a switch.
"one of the students walked to the door and flicked off the lights"

• turn an electrical device on by means of a switch.
"he flicked on the air conditioning"

• look quickly through a book, magazine, etc.
"she was flicking through a copy of Vogue"