Flick
Flick verb - To make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements.
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Synonyms for Flick
Start
Start verb - To move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise).
How words are described
| good | good flick | good start |
| nice | nice flick | nice start |
| better | better flick | better start |
| top | top flick | top start |
| Other adjectives: small, actual, real, great, bad, quick, decent, new, few, official, next, literal. | ||
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Both words in one sentence
- Near the start of the 1950s Save Our Students flick Blackboard Jungle, the new female teacher is almost raped by a student but he is chased off and caught before anything happens.
Source: Attempted Rape -
Turned on its head immediately after when the Yattermen start to outnumber the rate the mecha could flick at them.
Source: Anime / Yatterman Night -
Something is going to start following you.It Follows is a 2015 suspense horror flick directed by David Robert Mitchell.
Source: Film / It Follows
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