Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flick
Participle: flicked
Gerund: flicking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flick |
| you | flick |
| he;she;it | flicks |
| we | flick |
| you | flick |
| they | flick |
Perfect
| I | have flicked |
| you | have flicked |
| he;she;it | has flicked |
| we | have flicked |
| you | have flicked |
| they | have flicked |
Past
| I | flicked |
| you | flicked |
| he;she;it | flicked |
| we | flicked |
| you | flicked |
| they | flicked |
Pluperfect
| I | had flicked |
| you | had flicked |
| he;she;it | had flicked |
| we | had flicked |
| you | had flicked |
| they | had flicked |
Future
| I | will flick |
| you | will flick |
| he;she;it | will flick |
| we | will flick |
| you | will flick |
| they | will flick |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flicked |
| you | will have flicked |
| he;she;it | will have flicked |
| we | will have flicked |
| you | will have flicked |
| they | will have flicked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flick |
| you | flick |
| he;she;it | flick |
| we | flick |
| you | flick |
| they | flick |
Perfect
| I | have flicked |
| you | have flicked |
| he;she;it | have flicked |
| we | have flicked |
| you | have flicked |
| they | have flicked |
Imperfect
| I | flicked |
| you | flicked |
| he;she;it | flicked |
| we | flicked |
| you | flicked |
| they | flicked |
Pluperfect
| I | had flicked |
| you | had flicked |
| he;she;it | had flicked |
| we | had flicked |
| you | had flicked |
| they | had flicked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flick |
| you | would flick |
| he;she;it | would flick |
| we | would flick |
| you | would flick |
| they | would flick |
Perfect
| I | would have flicked |
| you | would have flicked |
| he;she;it | would have flicked |
| we | would have flicked |
| you | would have flicked |
| they | would have flicked |
Imperative
| you | flick |
| we | Let's flick |
| you | flick |
Verbs conjugated like 'flick'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flick'
blick,
click,
flack,
fleck,
flisk,
flock,
lick,
slick,
belick,
black,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker.
2. The use of flick to mean a film or movie derives from the fact that early films had a low frame rate, thus causing the film to "flick" rapidly when projected onto a screen.
Sample Sentences
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flick one's hair
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to flick the dirt from boots
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Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic. [2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:]
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the Queen, flicking the snuff off her sleeve[…] [1860, William Makepeace Thackeray, The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour:]
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Near-synonym: flit
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They were quiet for a time, watching the fields and lanes flick past. [1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone:]