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flicky

flicky adjective: easily flicked; thus, light and fast.

Adjective

flicky (comparative flickier, superlative flickiest)

  1. (informal) Easily flicked; thus, light and fast.
    • She got a new, flicky haircut.
    • The software is fast, fun and flicky, and you can master it in six minutes.2009 January 15, David Pogue, “Tech Shows, and Writers, Uninspired”, in New York Times
  2. Resembling or characteristic of a flick.
    • a flicky motion

Noun

flicky (plural flickies)

  1. (slang, urban England and Ireland) flick knife, switchblade

Proper noun capitalized: Flicky

Flicky

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Felicity.

Forms of flicky

Adjective
comparativeflickier
superlativeflickiest
Noun
pluralflickies

Origin of flicky

From flick + -y.

Clipping of flick knife + -y.

Words that rhyme with flicky

18 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about flicky

What does flicky mean?
Flicky means easily flicked; thus, light and fast.
What part of speech is flicky?
Flicky can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near flicky in the dictionary

  1. flicks off
  2. flicks one's bean
  3. flicks over
  4. flicks the bean
  5. flicks through
  6. flicky
  7. flics
  8. flid
  9. Flidais
  10. flidge
  11. flidged

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