"flick" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /flɪk/ Audio: en-us-flick.ogg Forms: flicks [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪk Etymology: From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flykke|t=light blow or stroke}} Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”), {{back-formation|en|flicker|nocap=1}} back-formation from flicker Head templates: {{en-noun}} flick (plural flicks)
  1. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. Synonyms (short, quick movement): fillip (english: of the finger) Translations (a short, quick movement): перване (pervane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), лек удар (lek udar) (Bulgarian), näpäys (Finnish), pyyhkäisy (Finnish), за́мав (zámav) [masculine] (Macedonian), перну́вање (pernúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), whiunga (Maori), تلنگر (talangor) (Persian), piparote [masculine] (Portuguese), рыво́к (ryvók) [masculine] (Russian), толчо́к (tolčók) [masculine] (Russian), движе́ние (dvižénije) (alt: ре́зкое) [neuter] (Russian), лёгкий уда́р (ljóxkij udár) [masculine] (Russian), svep [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flick-en-noun-JOyRdN9e Disambiguation of 'short, quick movement': 63 7 5 7 2 1 10 4 1 Disambiguation of 'a short, quick movement': 67 7 5 7 2 1 9 3 1
  2. (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Film, Ultimate Synonyms (cinema): the picture
    Sense id: en-flick-en-noun-0Dr6-k6u Disambiguation of Film: 4 77 5 2 2 1 7 2 1 0 1 Disambiguation of Ultimate: 4 27 16 13 5 2 16 7 2 2 4 Disambiguation of 'cinema': 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  3. (fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target. Categories (topical): Fencing Translations (a cut that lands with the point (fencing)): flikki (Finnish), pisto (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-flick-en-noun-PmKtbn39 Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 10 11 4 8 2 30 25 2 2 3 Topics: fencing, government, hobbies, lifestyle, martial-arts, military, politics, sports, war Disambiguation of 'a cut that lands with the point (fencing)': 1 9 44 3 7 2 24 9 2
  4. (tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot. Categories (topical): Tennis
    Sense id: en-flick-en-noun--pKRvUoe Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, tennis
  5. The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device. Translations (act of striking with a finger): vingerknip [neuter] (Dutch), näpäys (Finnish), pyyhkäisy (Finnish), pichenette [feminine] (French), chiquenaude [feminine] (French), schnipsen [neuter] (German), šolkka (Ingrian), šolkkuna (Ingrian), buffetto [masculine] (Italian), talitrum [neuter] (Latin), bobârnac [masculine] (Romanian), bobârnace [neuter, plural] (Romanian), tincazo (Spanish), capirotazo [masculine] (Spanish), papirotazo [masculine] (Spanish), chiclazo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-flick-en-noun-IK5W-qbA Disambiguation of 'act of striking with a finger': 1 7 13 5 41 8 11 7 8
  6. A flitch.
    Sense id: en-flick-en-noun--FmV22Hs
  7. A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second
    Sense id: en-flick-en-noun-hOtFoLvh Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Ingrian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 3 13 12 4 9 2 35 14 2 1 4 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 12 13 5 10 1 37 14 1 1 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 10 11 4 8 2 30 25 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 2 15 12 4 9 2 40 12 2 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 14 13 4 11 1 40 13 1 1 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 4 16 14 8 7 2 26 16 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 4 10 12 6 8 3 29 17 3 3 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 3 16 12 6 8 2 27 20 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 4 9 13 6 8 3 27 20 3 3 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 3 17 12 6 8 2 28 18 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 3 10 11 6 9 2 30 21 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 6 17 11 6 7 2 26 20 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ingrian translations: 3 15 11 5 8 2 30 17 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 4 10 12 6 9 2 32 18 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 3 10 12 5 8 2 30 22 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 4 10 12 6 9 2 32 18 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 3 18 12 6 7 2 27 19 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 3 19 11 6 8 2 27 17 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 3 17 11 6 7 2 27 20 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 5 18 11 7 7 2 26 19 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 3 17 12 6 8 2 28 18 2 1 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 10 12 5 8 2 30 22 2 2 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 3 11 12 4 9 2 32 18 2 2 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 3 19 12 5 7 2 26 20 2 1 3
  8. (dated, slang) A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address. Tags: dated, slang
    Sense id: en-flick-en-noun-TRoieJgv Categories (other): Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 2 10 11 4 8 2 30 25 2 2 3
  9. (dated) A photo. Tags: dated
    Sense id: en-flick-en-noun-TGS9o-Ok
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: chick flick, frock flick, horror flick, kiddie flick, lit flick, penalty flick, skin flick, slasher flick

Verb

IPA: /flɪk/ Audio: en-us-flick.ogg Forms: flicks [present, singular, third-person], flicking [participle, present], flicked [participle, past], flicked [past]
Rhymes: -ɪk Etymology: From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|flykke|t=light blow or stroke}} Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”), {{back-formation|en|flicker|nocap=1}} back-formation from flicker Head templates: {{en-verb}} flick (third-person singular simple present flicks, present participle flicking, simple past and past participle flicked)
  1. To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion. Translations (to move (something) with a short, quick motion): первам (pervam) (Bulgarian), näpäyttää (Finnish), pyyhkäistä (Finnish), défiler (French), sacudir (Galician), pöcköl (Hungarian), fricskáz (Hungarian), pöccint (Hungarian), 弾く (hajiku) (Japanese), при́движи (prídviži) (Macedonian), за́мавне (zámavne) (Macedonian), whiu (Maori), koropana (note: with the finger) (Maori), toropana (Maori), taiperepere (Maori), sacudir (Portuguese), тряхну́ть (trjaxnútʹ) (english: to shake) [perfective] (Russian), стря́хивать (strjáxivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), стряхну́ть (strjaxnútʹ) (note: e.g. dust, ash) [perfective, usually] (Russian), сма́хивать (smáxivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), смахну́ть (smaxnútʹ) (note: e.g. dust, dirt) [perfective, usually] (Russian), sacudir (Spanish), tincar (Spanish), tingar [Ecuador] (Spanish), papirotear [Chile] (Spanish), capirotear (Spanish), snärta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-flick-en-verb-DWWvXQHz Disambiguation of 'to move (something) with a short, quick motion': 83 17
  2. To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.
    Sense id: en-flick-en-verb-GLkNLcZP Categories (other): English links with manual fragments
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flick knife, flick off, flick-on, flick one's bean, flick over, flick-screen, flick the bean, flick through, tick and flick Related terms: flicker

Inflected forms

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      "word": "lit flick"
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      "word": "penalty flick"
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          "text": "He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011 January 5, Saj Chowdhury, “Newcastle 0 - 0 West Ham”, in BBC:",
          "text": "On this occasion it was Nolan's deft flick that fooled West Ham's sleepy defenders Danny Gabbidon and Tomkins. The ball found its way to Best, who smashed in with confidence from the edge of the area.",
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        "(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target."
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          "_dis1": "1 7 13 5 41 8 11 7 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
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          "word": "vingerknip"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 7 13 5 41 8 11 7 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
          "word": "näpäys"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 7 13 5 41 8 11 7 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
          "word": "pyyhkäisy"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 7 13 5 41 8 11 7 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "pichenette"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 7 13 5 41 8 11 7 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "chiquenaude"
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        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "schnipsen"
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        {
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
          "word": "šolkka"
        },
        {
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          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
          "word": "šolkkuna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 7 13 5 41 8 11 7 8",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "buffetto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 7 13 5 41 8 11 7 8",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "talitrum"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 7 13 5 41 8 11 7 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "bobârnac"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 7 13 5 41 8 11 7 8",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bobârnace"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 7 13 5 41 8 11 7 8",
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        },
        {
          "text": "Want to go to the flicks tonight?",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by \"the\") movie theater, cinema."
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        "(informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by \"the\") movie theater, cinema."
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        "informal"
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        "A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target."
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        "(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target."
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        "fencing",
        "government",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "martial-arts",
        "military",
        "politics",
        "sports",
        "war"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "ref": "2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.",
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        "A powerful underarm volley shot."
      ],
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        ],
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        "(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot."
      ],
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        "hobbies",
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        "sports",
        "tennis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device."
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "a flick of bacon",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A flitch."
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second"
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        [
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          "second",
          "second"
        ]
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "1920, H. C. McNeile, Bulldog Drummond:",
          "text": "'All that I have, dear old flick, is yours for the asking. What can I do?'",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address."
      ],
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        "(dated, slang) A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address."
      ],
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        "dated",
        "slang"
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1968 April 29, William Gilson, “Loyalty Day”, in Berkley Barb:",
          "text": "I was taking some flicks of the [p]arade […] and [someone] asked […] if I would like to take a picture of him[.]",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A photo."
      ],
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        "(dated) A photo."
      ],
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        "dated"
      ]
    }
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      "ipa": "/flɪk/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-flick.ogg",
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    {
      "english": "of the finger",
      "sense": "short, quick movement",
      "word": "fillip"
    },
    {
      "sense": "cinema",
      "word": "the picture"
    }
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pervane",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перване"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lek udar",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "word": "лек удар"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "word": "näpäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "word": "pyyhkäisy"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zámav",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́мав"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pernúvanje",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "перну́вање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "word": "whiunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "talangor",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "word": "تلنگر"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "piparote"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ryvók",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "рыво́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "tolčók",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "толчо́к"
    },
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      "alt": "ре́зкое",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dvižénije",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "движе́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ljóxkij udár",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лёгкий уда́р"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "a short, quick movement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "svep"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a cut that lands with the point (fencing)",
      "word": "flikki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "a cut that lands with the point (fencing)",
      "word": "pisto"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "word": "näpäys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "word": "pyyhkäisy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pichenette"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chiquenaude"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "schnipsen"
    },
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      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "word": "šolkka"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "word": "šolkkuna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "buffetto"
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      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "talitrum"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bobârnac"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "word": "tincazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "capirotazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "papirotazo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of striking with a finger",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "chiclazo"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Flick (time)"
  ],
  "word": "flick"
}

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    "Terms with Japanese translations",
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    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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      "word": "flick knife"
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      "word": "flick off"
    },
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      "word": "flick-on"
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    {
      "word": "flick one's bean"
    },
    {
      "word": "flick over"
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    {
      "word": "flick-screen"
    },
    {
      "word": "flick the bean"
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    {
      "word": "flick through"
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      "word": "tick and flick"
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      "form": "flicks",
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          "text": "flick one's hair",
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          "text": "to flick the dirt from boots",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, John Branch, “Snow Fall : The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in New York Time:",
          "text": "Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1860, William Makepeace Thackeray, The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour:",
          "text": "the Queen, flicking the snuff off her sleeve[…]",
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          "ref": "1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone:",
          "text": "They were quiet for a time, watching the fields and lanes flick past.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly."
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pervam",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "первам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "näpäyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "pyyhkäistä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "défiler"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "sacudir"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "pöcköl"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "fricskáz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "pöccint"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hajiku",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "弾く"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "prídviži",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "при́движи"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zámavne",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "за́мавне"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "whiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "note": "with the finger",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "koropana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "toropana"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "taiperepere"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "sacudir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "to shake",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "trjaxnútʹ",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "тряхну́ть"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "strjáxivatʹ",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
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      ],
      "word": "стря́хивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "e.g. dust, ash",
      "roman": "strjaxnútʹ",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "tags": [
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        "usually"
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      "word": "стряхну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smáxivatʹ",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "сма́хивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "e.g. dust, dirt",
      "roman": "smaxnútʹ",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "tags": [
        "perfective",
        "usually"
      ],
      "word": "смахну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "sacudir"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "tincar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "tags": [
        "Ecuador"
      ],
      "word": "tingar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "tags": [
        "Chile"
      ],
      "word": "papirotear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "capirotear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to move (something) with a short, quick motion",
      "word": "snärta"
    }
  ],
  "word": "flick"
}

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