English Dictionary

flick

/flɪk/

noun

A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. / (informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.

He gave the light switch a flick.

意味（1）

A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.

意味（2）

(informal) A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.

My all-time favorite flick is Gone with the Wind.

意味（3）

(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

意味（4）

(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.

The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.

意味（5）

The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.

意味（6）

A flitch.

a flick of bacon

意味（7）

A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second

意味（8）

(dated, slang) A chap or fellow; sometimes as a friendly term of address.

'All that I have, dear old flick, is yours for the asking. What can I do?'