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flick verb2 & adverb. . E19.
[from FLICK noun1.]
A. verb.
verb trans. Strike or propel lightly and smartly with something flexible; jerk or flip away, off, etc. E19.
A. R. Hope Flicking each other with our towels. S. Gibbons She..flicked the reminders of dinner off the table with Adam's drying-up towel.
b. spec. Play or deliver (a ball) with a flick of the wrist etc. L19.
verb intrans. Move or go with quick, smart movements or vibrations; esp. riffle or look rapidly through, over, etc., (pages, a book, etc.). M19.
J. Gardner The porch lights flicked on and off. P. Norman The white label of the gramophone record flicks round and round. J. Simms He flicked through the notebook he always carried.
verb trans. Make a light stroke or movement with (a whip etc.); move or shake with a flick. M19.
F. Herbert A smile flicked the corners of the wrinkled old mouth. B. Hines She still swiped at him, and..he still flicked his head back.
b. adverb. With a flick. rare. M19.