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. (informal, chiefly Belgium) synonym of politieagent (“police officer”)
2. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly plural) paw, mitt (crude term for a human hand)

   Synonym: poot

   Blijf met je gore flikken van mijn drank af!

   Keep your filthy mitts off my booze!

3. (slang, dated) homosexual

   Synonyms: flikker, mietje

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

flik

1. inflection of flikken:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Probably from a root originally meaning "to split"; compare either flina (“to grin”), fläsk (“pork”).

flik c

1. a (hanging or projecting) corner (on something soft, especially fabric), a flap
2. a flap (of an envelope or the like)

   att stänga fliken på kuvertet

   to close the flap of the envelope

3. a tab (navigational widget)

• flärp
• snibb

• flik in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• flik in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• flik in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)