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lit flick

lit flick noun: a film based on a literary work.

Noun

lit flick (plural lit flicks)

  1. (slang) A film based on a literary work.
    • The young Tom Eliot (played by Willem Dafoe) walked upon a beach in the recent Lit-Flick TOM & VIV. I saw no peaches eaten.1995 September 7, Ted Samsel, “Prufrock question”, in rec.arts.books (Usenet)
    • You must be waiting with baited breath for the lit-flick (humorous) about Jacquelyn Susann writing THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.2000 February 2, Ted Samsel, “Literary Criticism -- why has it gotten weird and is it getting more normal”, in rec.arts.books (Usenet)

Forms of lit flick

plurallit flicks

Questions about lit flick

What does lit flick mean?
Lit flick means a film based on a literary work.
What part of speech is lit flick?
Lit flick is a noun.
What is the plural of lit flick?
The plural of lit flick is lit flicks.

Words near lit flick in the dictionary

  1. lit
  2. lit a fire under
  3. lit crit
  4. lit de justice
  5. lit fic
  6. lit flick
  7. lit flicks
  8. Lit Hum
  9. lit into
  10. lit off
  11. lit on

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