(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.
While it is true that Obama has been using executive orders more liberally lately, he has not signed even close to 900 of them. You can check it out yourself at http://tinyurl.com/9skhqk, website of The American Presidency Project at the University of California, Santa Barbara, which tracks executive orders.