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Synonyms for flick

Most common

leaf flip riff riffle ruffle flit

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Flip

flip, thumb, riff, leaf, riffle

2. Click

click, snap

Noun

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

movie, film, motion picture, picture, pic, picture show dated, moving picture dated, moving-picture show dated

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

    to flick the dirt from boots

  2. v. 2

    To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly.

  3. n. 1

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

    Want to go to the flicks tonight?

Forms

Plural
flicks → movies, films, pictures, pics…
Past participle
flicked
e.g. flicked → flipped, thumbed, riffed, leafed…

Example sentences

  • leaf A fallen leaf floated on the surface of the water.
  • flip Yanni was hired to just moronically flip burgers.
  • riff You've had enough of this riff-raff? Well, we'll help you get rid of it.
  • ruffle Buckle up. We're going to ruffle some feathers today.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
flickrising
leaffalling
fliprising
riffrising
rifflesteady
rufflerising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
pic1
4 letters
film1, flip1, leaf1, snap1, jerk1, riff1, flit1
5 letters
movie2, click1, thumb1, filip2
6 letters
ruffle2, riffle2
7 letters
picture2, flicker2
8 letters
forehand2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (movie2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
défiler
Deutsch
defilieren