(flÉªk) vb. 1. (tr) to touch with or as if with the finger or hand in a quick jerky movement. 2. (tr) to propel or remove by a quick jerky movement, usually of the fingers or hand: to flick a piece of paper at someone. 3. to move or cause to move quickly or jerkily. 4. (foll by: through) to read or look at (a book, newspaper, etc) quickly or idly. 5. to snap or click (the fingers) to produce a sharp sound.
Confidence votes 34.7K. Here is a list of US presidents and the number of executive orders each has signed. The president with the most executive orders was FDR with 3,522. Barack Obama - 144 (so far). George W. Bush - 291.
Many early executive orders were not recorded. The State Department began numbering executive orders in the early 20th century, starting retroactively from President Abraham Lincoln 's Executive Order Establishing a Provisional Court in Louisiana issued in 1862.