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FLICK
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
Example:
the film was shot on location
Synonyms:
film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("flick" is a kind of...):
product; production (an artifact that has been created by someone or some process)
show (a social event involving a public performance or entertainment)
Meronyms (parts of "flick"):
scene; shot (a consecutive series of pictures that constitutes a unit of action in a film)
credits (a list of acknowledgements of those who contributed to the creation of a film (usually run at the end of the film))
caption; subtitle (translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen)
credit (an entry on a list of persons who contributed to a film or written work)
episode; sequence (film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie)
Domain member category:
reshoot (shoot again)
tape; videotape (record on videotape)
film; shoot; take (make a film or photograph of something)
synchronise; synchronize (make (motion picture sound) exactly simultaneous with the action)
dub (provide (movies) with a soundtrack of a foreign language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "flick"):
musical; musical comedy; musical theater (a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing)
3-D; 3D; three-D (a movie with images having three dimensional form or appearance)
talkie; talking picture (a movie with synchronized speech and singing)
slow motion (a movie that apparently takes place at a slower than normal speed; achieved by taking the film at a faster rate)
silent movie; silent picture; silents (a movie without a soundtrack)
rough cut (the first print of a movie after preliminary editing)
skin flick (a pornographic movie)
film noir (a movie that is marked by a mood of pessimism, fatalism, menace, and cynical characters)
cinema verite (a movie that shows ordinary people in actual activities without being controlled by a director)
docudrama; documentary; documentary film; infotainment (a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event)
short subject (a brief film; often shown prior to showing the feature)
shoot-'em-up (a movie featuring shooting and violence)
coming attraction (a movie that is advertised to draw customers)
collage film (a movie that juxtaposes different kinds of footage)
home movie (a film made at home by an amateur photographer)
final cut (the final edited version of a movie as approved by the director and producer)
feature; feature film (the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater)
telefilm (a movie that is made to be shown on television)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A short stroke
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("flick" is a kind of...):
stroke (a mark made on a surface by a pen, pencil, or paintbrush)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
Example:
he felt the flick of a whip
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("flick" is a kind of...):
contact; impinging; striking (the physical coming together of two or more things)
Derivation:
flick (throw or toss with a quick motion)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they flick ... he / she / it flicks
Past simple: flicked
Past participle: flicked
-ing form: flicking
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove with a flick (of the hand)
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "flick" is one way to...):
remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 2
Meaning:
Touch or hit with a light, quick blow
Example:
flicked him with his hand
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "flick" is one way to...):
brush (touch lightly and briefly)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cause to make a snapping sound
Example:
snap your fingers
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "flick" is one way to...):
move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Throw or toss with a quick motion
Example:
jerk his head
Synonyms:
flick; jerk
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "flick" is one way to...):
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
flick (a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible))
Sense 5
Meaning:
Twitch or flutter
Example:
the paper flicked
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "flick" is one way to...):
displace; move (cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 6
Meaning:
Cause to move with a flick
Example:
he flicked his Bic
Synonyms:
flick; flip
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "flick" is one way to...):
throw (propel through the air)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 7
Meaning:
Look through a book or other written material
Example:
She leafed through the volume
Synonyms:
flick; flip; leaf; riff; riffle; thumb
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "flick" is one way to...):
peruse (examine or consider with attention and in detail)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Sense 8
Meaning:
Flash intermittently
Example:
The lights flicked on and off
Synonyms:
flick; flicker
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "flick" is one way to...):
blink; flash; twinkle; wink; winkle (gleam or glow intermittently)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sense 9
Meaning:
Shine unsteadily
Example:
The candle flickered
Synonyms:
flick; flicker
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Hypernyms (to "flick" is one way to...):
beam; shine (emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Sentence examples:
Lights flick on the horizon
The horizon is flicking with lights
Context examples:
Had the porcupine been entirely unrolled, or had it not discovered its enemy a fraction of a second before the blow was struck, the paw would have escaped unscathed; but a side-flick of the tail sank sharp quills into it as it was withdrawn.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
It started because she passed so close to some workmen that our fender flicked a button on one man's coat.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
