flick
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
he gave it a flick with his finger
Types & categories
- striking hypernym
Related & opposite
- flick derivation
Sense 2 verb
flash intermittently
The lights flicked on and off
Types & categories
- flash hypernym
Related & opposite
- flicker derivation
Sense 3 noun
a short stroke
Types & categories
- stroke hypernym
Sense 4 verb
look through a book or other written material
He thumbed through the report
Types & categories
- peruse hypernym
Related & opposite
- folio derivation
Sense 5 noun
a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
they went to a movie every Saturday night
Types & categories
- product hypernym
- show hypernym
- telefilm hyponym
- feature film hyponym
- final cut hyponym
- home movie hyponym
- collage film hyponym
- coming attraction hyponym
- shoot-'em-up hyponym
- short subject hyponym
- documentary hyponym
- cinema verite hyponym
- film noir hyponym
- skin flick hyponym
- rough cut hyponym
- silent movie hyponym
- slow motion hyponym
- talking picture hyponym
- three-D hyponym
- musical hyponym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 6 verb
cause to move with a flick
he flicked his Bic
Types & categories
- throw hypernym
Related & opposite
- toss derivation
Sense 7 verb
throw or toss with a quick motion
flick a piece of paper across the table
Types & categories
- push hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
shine unsteadily
The candle flickered
Types & categories
- beam hypernym
Related & opposite
- flicker derivation
Sense 9 verb
twitch or flutter
the paper flicked
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Sense 10 verb
cause to make a snapping sound
snap your fingers
Types & categories
- move hypernym
Related & opposite
- snap derivation
- cracker bonbon derivation
- snap derivation
Sense 11 verb
touch or hit with a light, quick blow
flicked him with his hand
Types & categories
- brush hypernym
Sense 12 verb
remove with a flick (of the hand)
Types & categories
- remove hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flick |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | striking |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | flash |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stroke |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | folio |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | peruse |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | film |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | film |
| 5 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | dub |
| 5 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | synchronise |
| 5 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | film |
| 5 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | videotape |
| 5 | has domain topic | Related & opposite | reshoot |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | sequence |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | credit |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | subtitle |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | credits |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | scene |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | product |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | show |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | telefilm |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | feature film |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | final cut |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | home movie |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | collage film |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | coming attraction |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | shoot-'em-up |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | short subject |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | documentary |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | cinema verite |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | film noir |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | skin flick |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | rough cut |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | silent movie |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | slow motion |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | talking picture |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | three-D |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | musical |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | toss |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | throw |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | jerking |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | flick |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | push |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | flicker |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | beam |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | snap |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | cracker bonbon |
| 10 | derivation | Related & opposite | snap |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | move |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | brush |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | remove |