flick

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A light quick blow, jerk, or touch: a flick of the wrist; gave my horse a flick with the reins.
2. n. The sound accompanying this motion.
3. n. A light splash, dash, or daub.
4. v. To touch or hit with a light quick blow: flicked him with his hand. See Synonyms at brush¹.
5. v. To cause to move with a light blow; snap: flicked the light switch on.
6. v. To remove with a light quick blow: flicked the lint off the coat.
7. v. To twitch or flutter.
8. n. Slang A movie.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To strike lightly with a quick jerk, as with a whip or the finger; flip: as, to flick off a fly from a horse.
2. n. A light sudden stroke, as with a whip or the finger; a flip.
3. n. A dialectal form of flitch.
4. In cricket: To move the wrist or forearm quickly at the moment of delivering the ball: said of the bowler.
5. To rise quickly from the pitch; bump: said of the ball.
6. To flutter; flit, as a bird.
7. n. In cricket, a quick turn of the bowler's wrist or forearm at the moment of delivering the ball.

Wiktionary

1. n. A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
2. n. informal A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
3. n. fencing A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
4. n. tennis A powerful underarm volley shot.
5. n. The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
6. n. A flitch.
7. v. To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. v. To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap
2. v. To throw, snap, or toss with a jerk; to flirt.
3. n. A flitch.
4. n. A light quick stroke or blow, esp. with something pliant; a flirt; also, the sound made by such a blow.
5. n. colloq. A motion picture.

WordNet 3.0

1. v. shine unsteadily
2. v. flash intermittently
3. n. a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement
4. v. cause to move with a flick
5. v. remove with a flick (of the hand)
6. n. a short stroke
7. v. twitch or flutter
8. v. throw or toss with a quick motion
9. n. a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)
10. v. look through a book or other written material
11. v. cause to make a snapping sound
12. v. touch or hit with a light, quick blow