flick
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3.0
- noun
- /flɪk/
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golpecito
- With a quick flick of her wrist, she sent the paper airplane soaring across the room.
- flick of the wrist
- a penalty flick
- a hockey penalty flick
And then we have kind of this hair flick thing.
- And then we have kind of this hair flick thing.
- I like to do a little flick at the outer corner.
- So smooth, just a quick little flick and yo, yeah, Oh my God.
- So that movement for me, that risky flick is I can do it in my sleep.
- But the answer to that is a hair flick.
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The flick of the wrist and...
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And then I'm going to just create a little flick and it's super light.
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And then we have kind of this hair flick thing.
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But then a quick flick of it, almost nothing.
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So smooth, just a quick little flick and yo, yeah, Oh my God.
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The kind of genius that can turn up the heat... with a flick of a switch.
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If you hold it a bit lower down, you get more of a flick.
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I like to do a little flick at the outer corner.
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Do we want to do just like a gentle flick up for some lift?
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"Vespasia sat down gracefully, arranging her skirt with a flick of her hand.
Fiction book (1993)
Synonyms
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2.6
A quick toss or turn of something
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Etymology
Flick comes from a short, sound-made word like flicker that copies a quick, light movement, like the small snap of a finger; think of the tiny touch that makes something move. So a flick is a quick, light movement, often made with a hand or finger.