flick
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(verb) remove with a flick (of the hand, for example) |
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Related Words: remove, take, take away |
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| 2. |
(verb) move with a flick |
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Synonyms: flip |
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Related Words: impel, propel |
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(verb) touch or hit with a light, quick blow; "flicked him with his hand" |
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Synonyms: strike |
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Related Words: brush |
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(verb) twitch or flutter; "the paper flicked" |
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Synonyms: riffle, ruffle |
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Related Words: displace, move |
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(verb) look through a book or other written material; "He thumbed through the report"; "She leafed through the volume" |
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Synonyms: flip, leaf, riff, riffle, thumb |
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Related Words: peruse |
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(noun) a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible); "he gave it a flick with his finger" or "he felt the flick of a whip" |
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Related Words: contact, impinging, striking |
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(verb) throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head" |
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Synonyms: flip, jerk |
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Related Words: force, push |
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(verb) cause to move with a flick |
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Synonyms: flip |
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Related Words: throw |
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(verb) flash intermittently; "The lights flicked on and off" |
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Synonyms: flicker |
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Related Words: blink, flash, twinkle, wink, winkle |
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(verb) shine unsteadily; "The candle flickered" |
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Synonyms: flicker |
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Related Words: beam, shine |
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(verb) cause to make a snapping sound; of fingers |
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Synonyms: click, snap |
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Related Words: move |
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(noun) a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location" |
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Synonyms: film, motion picture, movie, moving picture, picture, picture show |
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Related Words: 3-D, 3D, cinema verite, coming attraction, docudrama, documentary, documentary film, feature, feature film, home movie, infotainment, peepshow, shoot-'em-up, short subject, show, silent movie, slow motion, talkie, talking picture, three-D |
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