1. Netflix : The name is a combination of words. The “Net” is derived from the word Internet and “Flix” is a shortened version of the word flicks – a synonym for movie. Put them together and you get why Netflix is called…Netflix.
2. net / internet + flicks => netflix.
3. As slang for "film," it is first attested 1926, a back-formation from flicker (v.), from their flickering appearance.
4. flick-拍打、振翅 => fl- => fly, flight, flop, flip, flick, flicker 5. symbolic, fl- frequently beginning words denoting sudden movement.
6. 谐音“拂你客”。
7. lick => flick.
8. f-(谐音“肤”) + lick => flick: 就像用舌头舔皮肤一样的那种轻弹、轻拂。

flick 轻弹

来自辅音丛bl, fl, 折腾，拍打，拟声词，词源同flap, flip. -ck, 清脆音，比较click.

1. The jockey said he tended to flick horses with the whip.

骑手说他经常会用鞭子抽马。

2. I'll just flick through the pages until I find the right section.

我会快速地翻页，直到找到要找的那一部分。

3. I thought I'dhave a quick flick through some recent issues.

我想我得快速浏览一下最近发生的事情。

4. That was in the days before electricity was available at the flick of a switch .

那是在过去，还没有到开关一响就有电的时代。

5. He gave a flick of the whip.

他轻抽一下鞭子.