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    fil·lip
    [ˈfiləp]
    noun
    fillip (noun) · fillips (plural noun)
    1. something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity:
      "the halving of the automobile tax would provide a fillip to sales"
    2. archaic
      a movement made by bending the last joint of the finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing it; a flick of the finger:
      "the Prince, by a fillip, made some of the wine fly in Oglethorpe's face"
      • a slight smart stroke or tap:
        "she began to give him dainty fillips on the nose with a soft forepaw"
    verb
    archaic
    fillip (verb) · fillips (third person present) · filliped (past tense) · filliped (past participle) · filliping (present participle)
    1. propel (a small object) with a flick of the finger:
      "our aforesaid merchant filliped a nut sharply against his bullying giant"
      • strike (someone or something) slightly and smartly:
        "he filliped him over the nose"
      • stimulate or urge (someone or something):
        "pour, that the draught may fillip my remembrance"
    Origin
    late Middle English (in the sense ‘make a fillip with the fingers’): symbolic; compare with flick, flip.
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    noun
    1. something which acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity:
      stimulus
      stimulation
      stimulant
      boost
      encouragement
      incitement
      incentive
      impetus
      inducement
      motivation
      tonic
      uplift
      lift
      reviver
      spur
      goad
      prod
      push
      prompt
      aid
      help
      Opposite:
      curb
     
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    When was fillip invented?
    Language history suggests that people were filliping in the 15th-century, well before they were flipping and flicking. Specifically, fillip describes a strike or gesture made by the sudden straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb—a motion commonly referred to as a flick.

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    What does a fillip mean?
    an act or instance of striking something with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of a thumb; a smart tap or stroke. Praise is an excellent fillip for waning ambition. to strike with a fillip. to tap or strike smartly. Anticipation filliped his passion. to make a fillip with the fingers.

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    What is a fillip & how does it work?
    Specifically, fillip describes a strike or gesture made by the sudden straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb—a motion commonly referred to as a flick. It didn't take long before the sensational stinging smartness of filliping was extended to figurative use.

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    What does filliped mean?
    1. To strike or propel rapidly by a fillip: filliped my ear; filliped the pretzel across the counter. 2. To stimulate or arouse. [Imitative.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.

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    How many meanings does the verb fillip have?
    There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb fillip. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions. This entry has not yet been fully revised. How common is the verb fillip?

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    What does a fillip sound like?
    From Middle English philippe, filippen (“to make a sound with right forefinger and thumb, snap”). Origin uncertain. Probably an alteration of Middle English flappen (“to hit, slap, clap, applaud”). More at flap.A fillip gradually became “something of small importance; a trifle.” “The rest is not worth a fillip with the finger.”

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