flick

flick

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Noun: flick (plural flicks)

1. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
¶ He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.
¶ She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.

2. (informal) A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
¶ My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."
¶ Want to go to the flicks tonight?
¶ The crisis in Greece has been a lot like that never-say-die monster in B horror flicks that keeps popping up to scare the audience, even after it's been gunned down a dozen times.

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.

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Verb: flick (third-person singular simple present flicks, present participle flicking, simple past and past participle flicked)

1. To move (something) with a short, quick motion.
¶ flick one's hair
¶ With a flick of the wrist.

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