flicking
present participle offlick
flick
verb[I+ adv/prep,T]
uk/flɪk/us/flɪk/tomoveorhitsomething with ashortsuddenmovement:
Hecarefullyflicked theloosehairsfromtheshouldersof hisjacket.
Shequicklyflicked thecrumbsoffthetable.
Horses flicktheirtailsto makefliesgo away.
Windscreenwipersflick fromsidetoside.
Theboysranaround theswimmingpool, flicking each other withtheirtowels.
Thelizardflickedoutitstongueat afly.
Hiseyesflicked between her and thedoor.
- Agreenflylandedon myarmand I flicked it off.
- He flickedashfrom hiscigaretteonto thefloor.
- Everytimeyouturnyourhead,yourhairflicks myface.
- She flicked aswitchand thewholeareawaslitup.
- Shesatin thewaitingroom, flicking herfingersnervously.
Throwing
- arm
- cast
- flick
- fling
- heave
- hurl
- outpitch
- overhand
- peg
- pelt
- sling
- stone
- thread
- throw
- throwsomethingin
- toss
- underarm
- underhand
- wang
- whang
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Phrasal verbs
flicksomethingon
flicksomethingon/off
flick throughsomething
Examplesofflicking
flicking
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Theflickingof a light switch, for example, is the cause of the lamp lighting in the sense that flicking 'tips the balance of events, producing the known outcome'.
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That did not come just byflickingthe fingers at the moment of nationalisation.
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We have all been asked for directions by minicab drivers, or seen themflickingthrough their map book.
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That cannot be done byflickinga switch and changing our internal energy prices.
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The children retaliated byflickingdarts or throwing inkwells.
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I regret the fact that he is nowflickingbackwards and forwards between one position and another.
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Some friends of mine can sit happily in their armchairs smoking andflickingthe ash on the carpet.
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Apparently, the casual readerflickingthrough the book in a shop would put it back on the shelf if he or she saw the offending line of print.
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One cannot suddenly bring civil defence to life by blowing a whistle orflickinga finger and saying that we want volunteers trained in a few months.
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However, it is a great achievement to progress fromflickingan eyelid or moving a finger to looking around at one's surroundings or identifying the tinkling of a bell.
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The mereflickingover of three or four pages, taking only a few seconds, would have given an indication of the size of profitability that was being obtained.
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It has a habit offlickingits wings once or twice every time it moves.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The brown mesite is a humid forest species, it forages by walking through the forest floorflickingover leaf-litter in order to find invertebrates.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It also states that the eyewear display could be operated by a wrist-worn computer, voice-commands or byflickingthe eyes to a certain spot.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.A display of a male involved fluffing its feathers, holding the bill high andflickingwings while swaying from side to side.
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- monocular
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