"flicky" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: En-au-flicky.ogg [Australia] Forms: flickier [comparative], flickiest [superlative]
Rhymes: -ɪki Etymology: flick + -y Etymology templates: {{suf|en|flick|y|id2=adjectival}} flick + -y Head templates: {{en-adj|er}} flicky (comparative flickier, superlative flickiest)
  1. (slang) Easily flicked; thus, light and fast Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-flicky-en-adj-pS8muOMT Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -y (adjectival)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Audio: En-au-flicky.ogg [Australia] Forms: flickies [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪki Etymology: Clipping of flick knife + -y. Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|flick knife}} Clipping of flick knife, {{suffix|en||y|id2=diminutive}} + -y Head templates: {{en-noun}} flicky (plural flickies)
  1. (slang, urban England and Ireland) flick knife, switchblade Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-flicky-en-noun-XjnlvZir Categories (other): English English, Irish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y (diminutive): 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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