to flick
3
2.8
- verb
- /flɪk/
- UK
- You can flip through, flicking back and forth, reading in different areas.
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Watch on YouTubeI'm flicking through faster than a single person on Tinder in the run up to Valentine's Day.
- I'm flicking through faster than a single person on Tinder in the run up to Valentine's Day.
- And because you're just flicking through this content so quickly, your ability to actually create a relationship with the creator, it almost doesn't exist.
Examples
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The student flicked through the pages of the textbook to find the answer.
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Terri opens up the folder and begins to pace the floor as she flicks through the contents.
Fiction book (1992) -
I love just sitting down and flicking through and seeing what's on.
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Flicking through the same three apps on my phone until it was time to sleep.
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He has such a huge volume of work that it was exhausting trying to flick through all of them.
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ANGLE OVER JOEY'S SHOULDER ON FOLDER - as she flicks through the contents.
Fiction book (1992) -
She flicked through the latest issue of the magazine while waiting for her appointment.
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He likes to flick through recipe books to find inspiration for dinner.
Synonyms
547
1.8
To turn or toss something quickly with a light hand movement
37
2.7
Read something quickly without looking at details
9
6.5
To turn pages quickly without reading everything
8
5.8
To turn the pages of a book quickly while only looking a little
7
2.7
To look through a book or magazine quickly
2
6.5
To turn pages quickly or move thin things with a light quick motion
1
6.3
Do something quickly without stopping
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Etymology
To flick through pages uses the same idea of a quick, light touch: you move your fingers fast over the pages to look quickly. So flick in this case means to turn or look through something rapidly.