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flick
[flik] 
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flick
[flik]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | light touch |
| Synonyms: | dab, flicker, flip, hit, pat, snap, tap, tip, touch lightly |
| Main Entry: | cinema |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | movie industry; movie arena |
| Synonyms: | big screen, bijou, cine, drive-in, film, flicks, motion pictures, movie house, movie theater, moving pictures, nabes, photoplay, picture show, pictures, playhouse, show, silver screen |
| Main Entry: | dab |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small quantity |
| Synonyms: | bit, blob, dollop, drop, fleck, flick, pat, peck, smidgen, smudge, speck, spot, stroke, tap, touch |
| Antonyms: | glob, mass |
| Main Entry: | film |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | movie |
| Synonyms: | cinema, dailies, flick, footage, motion picture, moving picture, photoplay, picture, picture show, rushes, show, silent*, talkie |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | flip |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | throw, jump with abandon |
| Synonyms: | cast, chuck, flick, jerk, pitch, snap, spin, toss, twist |
| Main Entry: | jerk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a lurching move |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bump, flick, flop, jolt, pull, quake, quiver, shiver, snag, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, wiggle, wrench, wriggle, yank |
| Main Entry: | jerk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move with lurch |
| Synonyms: | bounce, bump, dance, flick, fling, flip, flop, grab, hook, hurtle, jolt, lug, pluck, pull, quake, quiver, seize, shiver, shrug, sling, snag, snatch, throw, thrust, tug, tweak, twitch, vellicate, whisk, wiggle, wrench, wrest, wriggle, wring, yank |
| Main Entry: | lick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | play over with fire |
| Synonyms: | blaze, burn, dart, flick, flicker, fluctuate, flutter, ignite, kindle, leap, palpitate, quiver, ripple, run over, shoot, touch, tremble, vacillate, vibrate, waver |
| Main Entry: | motion picture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | film |
| Synonyms: | cine, cinema, cinematics, cinematograph, feature film, film, flick, flick, flicker, movie, moving picture, photodrama, photoplay, picture, picture show, silver screen, talkie, talkie, talking picture, videotape |
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