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fillip
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Word definitions for fillip in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip" [syn: bonus ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fillip \Fil"lip\, n. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow. Something serving to rouse or excite. I take a glass of grog for a filip. --Dickens.
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fillip is a Vancouver-based contemporary art publishing organization formed in 2004. It publishes a magazine as well as books of critical writing. The magazine with the same name was started in 2005. The publisher of the magazine is the Projectile. In 2008 ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., philippen "to flip something with the fingers, snap the fingers," possibly of imitative origin. As a noun, from 1520s, fyllippe .
Usage examples of fillip.
Indeed, you know the debt I owe you for the hand you have put behind my nephew, the fillips you have vouchsafed him in his calling.
Again, two squalls would tear along, one on each side of us, and we would get a fillip from each of them.
As he hugged Dena now, he had to admit that a completely shaven skull added yet another fillip, a touch of androgeny that he found a bit appealing.
Wallerstein, accompanied by an invitation to pay him a visit this year, the Prince defraying my expenses, His Highness being desirous to make my personal acquaintance (a pleasing fillip to my depressed spirits).
Fitzfarris immediately began canvassing the Apotheken of the city until he found one that stocked the lycopodium flash powder, so he could add his vanishing-girl fillip to the occasion.