flick
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4.1
- noun
- /flɪk/
- Informal
:
película
- You wanna catch a flick?
- watch a flick
- see a flick
- a chick flick
Well, if it's AI guess it's a it's a it's a slasher flick.
- Well, if it's AI guess it's a it's a it's a slasher flick.
Examples
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A young Matthew McConaughey and Ben Affleck were featured in this all-time stoner flick.
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"Sounds like something out of an old horror flick." "Imagine that," Dan said.
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- Are you in the cast of this flick?
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This is a great flick on the movies show on Netflix, Haunting on Hill House.
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Yet mere hours ago, it was considered the flick of the summer, a must-see.
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If it sounds like a chick flick, that's because it is, more or less.
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The only kind thing that woman ever did for me was set me down in front of a television, let me watch horror flicks.
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I'm into zombie flicks, the older stuff, obviously.
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Hillary Swank pops in occasionally decent flicks; Amelia and Freedom Writers were enjoyable.
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Are you in the cast of this flick?
Synonyms
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1.0
A story told with moving pictures on a screen
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1.0
A story shown as moving images in a cinema or on screen
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7.7
A movie shown on a screen in a theatre or at home
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3.0
A story that uses moving images and sound, like a movie
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8.1
A movie shown in a cinema or on screen
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2.5
A film shown in a cinema for people to watch
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3.5
A movie shown on a screen that tells a story
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5.5
A show that tells a story with moving images and sound like a movie
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9.9
An old word for a movie from the early days of film
A public show where moving pictures and sound tell a story, like a film at a cinema
Compounds
How Informal
Surface Forms
Etymology
The informal noun flick for a movie comes from early film showing, when pictures would flicker on the screen in quick flashes; a helpful way to remember it is to think of those small flashes. So a flick became a short, casual word for a motion picture.