Re: Definition of flicking in glossary

["James K Droscha" <jdroscha@...>]

--- In piecepack@y..., Mark Biggar <mark.a.biggar@a...> wrote:
> Flick
> 
> v. to propel or launch a game piece/token over the game
> board/surface/area using an impulse provided by a single finger.
> 
> A flick is not a sustained push, but a sudden impulse.  A proper flick
> is performed by resting a single fingertip on the game surface with the
> fingernail against the game piece, propelling it away with a sudden
> snap.  The snap can be the result of either the sudden straightening of
> the finger with the hand held motionless or by the sudden snap of the
> whole hand at the wrist with the arm held motionless.
> 
> Flicking Game
> 
> n. a game where the principle method of moving pieces is to flick them
> with a finger.

Groovy, daddy-o.  Any objections before I bank this in the ol' tome o' vocab?

--James