flik

• IPA^(key): /flɪk/

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• Hyphenation: flik
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Borrowed from French flic (“cop, policeman”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “are the other senses the same etymology? seems unlikely”)

flik m (plural flikken, diminutive flikje n)

1. (slang, chiefly Belgium) police officer

   Synonyms: klabak, politieagent, smeris

2. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly plural) paw, mitt (crude term for a human hand)

   Blijf met je gore flikken van mijn drank af!

   Keep your filthy mitts off my booze!

   Synonym: poot

3. (slang, dated) homosexual

   Synonyms: flikker, mietje

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

flik

1. first-person singular present indicative of flikken
2. imperative of flikken

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

flik c

1. a corner, a tip, an edge
2. a tab (navigational widget)

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