flick through

English

Verb

flick through (third-person singular simple present flicks through, present participle flicking through, simple past and past participle flicked through)

  1. (transitive) To browse rapidly.
    • 2023 May 8, Jonathan Head, “Thailand election: The young radicals shaking up politics”, in BBC News (World)‎:
      Pacing among them is the parliamentary candidate, Rukchanok "Ice" Srinork, a 28-year-old woman brimming with energy, who constantly flicks through her social media pages.
    I was flicking through the newspaper when I glimpsed a funny headline.
    I flicked through the TV channels, but nothing good was on.
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