flick

It has a long, slender tail that flicks enthusiastically as it homes in on the leftover pizza.

She flicked the bottom of the potato with her index finger, a gesture of clear contempt.

Mrs. Clarke crushed the bug between two fingers and flicked it to the ground.

Now the bewildered rodent could do nothing but press his nose against the glass and knock with his tiny, monkeylike paws as his bushy tail flicked to and fro with anxiety.

Ashley Cheatley cushions the ball with her right thigh, deftly flicks it over a defender's head, then finds the back of the net with an audacious overhead kick.