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flick over

flick over verb: to change channels on a television.

Verb

flick over (third-person singular simple present flicks over, present participle flicking over, simple past and past participle flicked over)

  1. (intransitive) To change channels on a television.
  2. (intransitive) To change from one state to another by flicking.
    • The numbers on the odometer flicked over from 999 to 1000.

Forms of flick over

third-person singular presentflicks over
present participleflicking over
past participleflicked over
pastflicked over

Questions about flick over

What does flick over mean?
Flick over means to change channels on a television.
What part of speech is flick over?
Flick over is a verb.
What is the past tense of flick over?
The past tense of flick over is flicked over.

Words near flick over in the dictionary

  1. flick knife
  2. flick knives
  3. flick off
  4. flick on the afterburners
  5. flick one's bean
  6. flick over
  7. flick the bean
  8. flick through
  9. flick-knife
  10. flick-knives
  11. flick-on

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