'Fillip' definitions:

Definition of 'fillip'

From: WordNet
noun
Anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip" [syn: bonus, fillip]

Definition of 'Fillip'

From: GCIDE
  • Fillip \Fil"lip\ (f[i^]l"l[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filliped; p. pr. & vb. n. Filliping.] [For filp, flip. Cf. Flippant.]
  • 1. To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger. "You fillip me o' the head." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To snap; to project quickly. [1913 Webster]
  • The use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with. --Tylor. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Fillip'

From: GCIDE
  • Fillip \Fil"lip\, n.
  • 1. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Something serving to rouse or excite. [1913 Webster]
  • I take a glass of grog for a filip. --Dickens. [1913 Webster]

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