flick

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.

A motion picture, movie, film; (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?

A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

A powerful underarm volley shot.

The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.

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

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

flick one's hair

to flick the dirt from boots

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

Near-synonym: flit

They were quiet for a time, watching the fields and lanes flick past.

A diminutive of the female given name Felicity.

A diminutive of the female given name Felicia.

Felicia Jane "Flick" Beatrix Drummond is a British Conservative Party politician.