Flick vs Hot - What's the difference?
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A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip.
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(informal) A motion picture; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema.
(fencing) A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target.
(tennis) A powerful underarm volley shot.
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The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device.
A flitch.
To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.
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Of an object, having a high temperature.
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Of the weather, causing the air to be hot.
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Of a person or animal, feeling the sensation of heat, especially to the point of discomfort.
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Feverish.
Of food, spicy.
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(lb) Very good, remarkable, exciting.
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Stolen.
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(lb) Electrically charged
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(lb) Radioactive.
(lb) Of a person, very physically or sexually attractive.
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Sexual; involving sexual intercourse or sexual excitement.
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Popular; in demand.
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Very close to finding or guessing something to be found or guessed.
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Performing strongly; having repeated successes.
*1938 , Harold M. Sherman, "Shooting Stars," Boys' Life (March 1938), Published by Boy Scouts of America, p.5:
*:"Keep going! You're hot tonight!" urged Wally.
*2002 , Peter Krause & Andy King, Play-By-Play Golf, First Avenue Editions, p.55:
*:The ball lands on the fairway, just a couple of yards in front of the green. "Nice shot Sarah! You're hot today!" Jenny says.
Fresh; just released.
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*:A kid can stand in the street and sell newspapers, if the headlines are hot .
*2000 , David Cressy, Travesties and transgressions in Tudor and Stuart England: tales of discord and dissension, Oxford University Press, p.34:
*:Some of these publications show signs of hasty production, indicating that they were written while the news was hot .
Uncomfortable, difficult to deal with; awkward, dangerous, unpleasant.
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To heat; to make or become hot.
To become lively or exciting.
As nouns the difference between flick and hot
is that flick is a short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip while hot is a whit, a bit.As a verb flick
is to move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion.flick
English
Noun
(en noun)- He removed the speck of dust with a flick of his finger.
- She gave a disdainful flick of her hair and marched out of the room.
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- My all-time favorite flick is "Gone with the Wind."
- Want to go to the flicks tonight?
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- a flick of bacon
Synonyms
* (short, quick movement)'' fillip (''of the finger ) * (cinema) the picturesVerb
(en verb)- flick one's hair
- with a flick of the wrist
- to flick the dirt from boots
- Using her hands like windshield wipers, she tried to flick snow away from her mouth. When she clawed at her chest and neck, the crumbs maddeningly slid back onto her face. She grew claustrophobic.
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