1
- a sudden smart movement轻击, 轻拂, 轻拍：
the flick of a switch
轻按开关
a flick of the wrist
手腕轻轻一抖
a back-heeled flick.
后脚跟轻轻一磕。
1.1
- the sudden release of a bent finger or thumb, especially to propel a small object（手指或拇指的）轻弹, 弹开（尤指小物体）：
he sent his cigarette spinning away with a flick of his fingers.
他手指轻轻一弹, 香烟打着转飞了出去。
1.2
- a light, sharp, quickly retracted blow, especially with a whip（尤指鞭子的）轻快抽击。
1.3
a flick through
a quick look or search through (a volume or a collection of papers)对（书, 文件集的）浏览, 飞快翻阅：have a flick through any gun magazine.
浏览任一枪械杂志。
2
- informal a cinema film〈非正式〉电影：
a Hollywood action flick.
好莱坞动作片。
2.1
the flicks
the cinema电影院：fancy a night at the flicks?
想去电影院呆一晚吗？
with obj. and adverbial of direction
1- propel (something) with a sudden sharp movement, especially of the fingers（尤指用手指）弹开, 拂去：
Ursula flicked some ash off her sleeve.
厄休拉拂去袖上灰尘。
1.1
flick something on/off
turn something electrical on or off by means of a switch（通过开关）开/关（电器）：he flicked on the air conditioning.
他打开空调。
1.2
- no obj., with adverbial of direction make a sudden sharp movement轻快移动：
the finch's tail flicks up and down.
雀的尾巴轻快地上下抖动。
1.3
- with obj. move (a whip) so as to strike甩（鞭）抽打。
短语
give someone the flick（或get the flick）
- informal, chiefly Austral. reject (or be rejected) in a casual or offhand way〈非正式, 主澳〉随便唐突地拒绝（或被拒）。
词源
late Middle English: symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words denoting sudden movement.
短语动词
flick through
- look or search quickly through (a volume or a collection of papers)浏览, 飞快翻阅（书, 文件集）：
flick through the phone book and pick a company.
翻电话簿选一家公司。