Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to flick over
Participle: flicked over
Gerund: flicking over
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | flick over |
| you | flick over |
| he;she;it | flicks over |
| we | flick over |
| you | flick over |
| they | flick over |
Perfect
| I | have flicked over |
| you | have flicked over |
| he;she;it | has flicked over |
| we | have flicked over |
| you | have flicked over |
| they | have flicked over |
Past
| I | flicked over |
| you | flicked over |
| he;she;it | flicked over |
| we | flicked over |
| you | flicked over |
| they | flicked over |
Pluperfect
| I | had flicked over |
| you | had flicked over |
| he;she;it | had flicked over |
| we | had flicked over |
| you | had flicked over |
| they | had flicked over |
Future
| I | will flick over |
| you | will flick over |
| he;she;it | will flick over |
| we | will flick over |
| you | will flick over |
| they | will flick over |
Future Perfect
| I | will have flicked over |
| you | will have flicked over |
| he;she;it | will have flicked over |
| we | will have flicked over |
| you | will have flicked over |
| they | will have flicked over |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | flick over |
| you | flick over |
| he;she;it | flick over |
| we | flick over |
| you | flick over |
| they | flick over |
Perfect
| I | have flicked over |
| you | have flicked over |
| he;she;it | have flicked over |
| we | have flicked over |
| you | have flicked over |
| they | have flicked over |
Imperfect
| I | flicked over |
| you | flicked over |
| he;she;it | flicked over |
| we | flicked over |
| you | flicked over |
| they | flicked over |
Pluperfect
| I | had flicked over |
| you | had flicked over |
| he;she;it | had flicked over |
| we | had flicked over |
| you | had flicked over |
| they | had flicked over |
Conditional
Present
| I | would flick over |
| you | would flick over |
| he;she;it | would flick over |
| we | would flick over |
| you | would flick over |
| they | would flick over |
Perfect
| I | would have flicked over |
| you | would have flicked over |
| he;she;it | would have flicked over |
| we | would have flicked over |
| you | would have flicked over |
| they | would have flicked over |
Imperative
| you | flick over |
| we | Let's flick over |
| you | flick over |
Verbs conjugated like 'flick'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'flick'
blick,
click,
flack,
fleck,
flisk,
flock,
lick,
slick,
belick,
black,
Additional Information
Etymology
1. From Middle English flykke (“light blow or stroke”). Later uses apparently interpreted as a back-formation from flicker.
2. The use of flick to mean a film or movie derives from the fact that early films had a low frame rate, thus causing the film to "flick" rapidly when projected onto a screen.
Sample Sentences
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flick one's hair
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to flick the dirt from boots
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Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic. [2012 December 26, John Branch, “Snow Fall: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 Nov 2013:]
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the Queen, flicking the snuff off her sleeve[…] [1860, William Makepeace Thackeray, The English Humourists of the Eighteenth Century and Charity and Humour:]
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Near-synonym: flit
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They were quiet for a time, watching the fields and lanes flick past. [1997, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone:]