Past tense of flick
regular verb
The past tense of flick is flicked. The past participle is also flicked.
Forms of flick
| Base form (V1) | flick /flɪk/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | flicked /flɪkt/ |
| Past participle (V3) | flicked /flɪkt/ |
| Present participle | flicking /ˈflɪkɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | flicks /flɪks/ |
Flicked in a sentence
- The fourth seed was dominating her 20-year-old opponent with a series of stinging groundstrokes and athletic drive-volleys, striking again in game five when Paszek flicked a forehand pick-up into the tramlines.2011 June 28, David Ornstein, “Wimbledon 2011: Victoria Azarenka beats Tamira Paszek in quarters”, in BBC Sport
- He flicked a switch and the room was plunged into darkness.From the entry plunge
- The light came on as soon as I flicked the switch.From the entry come on
- I flicked through the TV channels, but nothing good was on.From the entry flick through
- The schoolboy flicked his nose pickings across the classroom.From the entry picking
Meaning of flick
- noun A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
- noun A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
- noun A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
Questions about the past tense of flick
- What is the past tense of flick?
- The past tense of flick is flicked.
- What is the past participle of flick?
- The past participle of flick is flicked.
- Is flick a regular or irregular verb?
- Flick is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: flick (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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