flicks (off)

present tense third-person singular of flick (off)

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Verb
  • Currently, Screen Time often acts up and just cuts off access to all apps, whether it’s supposed to or not.
    Tyler Hayes, PC Magazine, 9 June 2026
  • As the rocket’s core stage cuts off, the zero G indicator will begin to float, identifying the moment when the crew is officially in space.
    Jackie Wattles, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Keith arrests our thinking, and cons us into suppressing our critical faculties with the same kind of internalized surveillance that philosopher Michel Foucault broke down to describe a prison’s use of the panopticon in Discipline and Punish.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 May 2026
  • Devlin throws a punch at Stone when the chief arrests him for drunken driving.
    Sandra Dallas, Denver Post, 19 Apr. 2026
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“Flicks (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flicks%20%28off%29. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.

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