clout vs flick

clout

noun
  • The center of the butt at which archers shoot; probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head. 

  • A clout nail. 

  • Influence or effectiveness, especially political. 

  • A home run. 

  • A blow with the hand. 

verb
  • To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage, patch, or mend with a clout. 

  • To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. 

  • To guard with an iron plate, as an axletree. 

  • To hit, especially with the fist. 

  • To join or patch clumsily. 

flick

noun
  • A cut that lands with the point, often involving a whip of the foible of the blade to strike at a concealed target. 

  • A motion picture, movie, film; (in plural, usually preceded by "the") movie theater, cinema. 

  • A flitch. 

  • A short, quick movement, especially a brush, sweep, or flip. 

  • A unit of time, equal to 1/705,600,000 of a second 

  • The act of pressing a place on a touch screen device. 

  • A powerful underarm volley shot. 

verb
  • To move or hit (something) with a short, quick motion. 

  • To pass by rapidly, so as not to be perceived clearly. 

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