Synonyms of flicked

flicked

verb

past tense of flick

as in darted

to make an irregular series of quick, sudden movements

the horse's tail flicked in restless irritation

Synonyms & Similar Words

• darted
• flitted
• fluttered
• danced
• flickered
• scurried
• flew
• zipped
• wandered
• flirted
• flittered
• sailed
• sped
• sprinted
• skittered
• scuttled
• scampered
• zoomed
• roamed
• dashed
• zinged
• skipped
• meandered
• shot
• scudded
• rambled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• hung
• floated
• hovered

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flicked

As the husband watched, Superman finished his cigarette and flicked the gleaming butt away. — Téa Obreht, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2026

Suarez fought off an Atlanta defender to reach the ball in the box and flicked a lofted cross toward Berterame. — Miami Herald, 18 Oct. 2026

Ojeda flicked a back-heel volley, off a feed from Griezmann, past goalkeeper Sean Johnson and inside the left post to give Orlando a two-goal lead in the 22nd. — ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026

Reus played a free kick from near the left end line to the near post, where Klauss flicked in a header in the 76th minute. — Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026

The ensuing free kick was floated upfield and flicked on by a City forward. — Spencer Baldwin, Denver Post, 17 Sep. 2026

That’s the good life for a family that rarely flicked on the television in their childhood home. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Over two hours away through miles of dense forest, before any stadium lights flicked on in Summit at Southwest Mississippi Community College, Nolan’s coaches and teammates found several ways to remember their promising recruit Thursday. — Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

The toads had gone rogue, consuming native frogs, birds, insects, small marsupials, even Ping-Pong balls and cigarette butts flicked toward them at pubs—almost everything except the swarms of sugarcane beetles they had been imported to feed on. — Kimon De Greef, Longreads, 4 Aug. 2026