Meaning

• A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.

  "He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger."

• A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.

  "My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind.""

• A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.

• A powerful underarm volley shot.

• The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.

• A flitch.

  "a flick of bacon"

• A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second

Meaning

• To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.

  "flick one's hair"