flick

1 verb

1 (T) to make something move away by hitting or pushing it suddenly or quickly, especially with your thumb and finger : flick sth from/off etc: Papa flicked the ash from his cigar. | flick sth away/off etc: I flicked away the dandruff from his shoulders.

2 (intransitive always + adv/prep, transitive) to move with a sudden, quick movement or to make something move in this way

(+ from/up/down): The cow's tail flicked from side to side.

3 (T) to make a light, machine etc stop or start working by pressing or moving a button : flick sth on/off: Sandra flicked the TV on.

4 (T) if you flick something such as a whip or rope, you move it so that the end moves quickly away from you: Ricky flicked a towel at his sister's bare legs.

flick through sth phrasal verb (T) to look at a book, magazine, set of photographs etc quickly 2 noun

1 (C) a short, light, sudden movement or hit with a part of your body, whip etc: With a flick of the wrist, Frye sent the ball into the opposite court.

2 a flick of a switch used to emphasize how easy it is to start a machine and use it: All it takes is a flick of a switch.

3 (countable usually singular) old-fashioned especially AmE a film

4 the flicks BrE old-fashioned the cinema

5 have a flick through to look at a book, magazine, set of pictures etc very quickly: I had a quick flick through your report.