Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A snap or light blow made by pressing a fingertip against the thumb and suddenly releasing it.
- noun Something that excites or stimulates.
- transitive verb To strike or propel rapidly by a fillip.
- transitive verb To stimulate or arouse.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To strike slightly or with some light instrument; especially, to strike with the nail of a finger first bent against the ball of the thumb, and let fly from that position with some force.
- To strike, nudge, or touch, as a horse or a person, in order to urge or press forward; incite; drive.
- To strike or tap with the nail of the finger.
- noun A jerk of a finger bent against the ball of the thumb, and then suddenly let fly; hence, a smart tap or stroke.
- noun Anything which tends to rouse, excite, or revive: as, that acted as a fillip to my spirits.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
- noun Something serving to rouse or excite.
- transitive verb 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.
- transitive verb To snap; to project quickly.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic A
flick ; the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap. - noun Something that excites or stimulates.
- verb transitive To
strike orproject with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb;flick . - verb transitive To
tap or strikesmartly . - verb transitive To make a fillip;
drive by or as by a fillip;stimulate ;excite ;whet .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun anything that tends to arouse
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The result was a short-term fillip to statistical GDP but no surge in real growth.
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Just as critics predicted, the rebate checks gave consumer spending a short-term fillip without changing longer-term incentives.
Run on Washington 2008
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Tax reform that lowers marginal rates while eliminating exemptions would make the economy more productive in the long run; but it would provide no short-term fillip to demand.
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Therefore, there might be some short-term fillip given to the market whether from the government or other sources.
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Therefore, there might be some short-term fillip given to the market whether from the government or other sources.
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Therefore, there might be some short-term fillip given to the market whether from the government or other sources.
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Therefore, there might be some short-term fillip given to the market whether from the government or other sources.
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Therefore, there might be some short-term fillip given to the market whether from the government or other sources.
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Copper consumption is expected to fall 9\% this year but purchases by China's State Board could have provided a short-term fillip to pricing along with speculation that US economic activity would improve.
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Copper consumption is expected to fall 9\% this year but purchases by China's State Board could have provided a short-term fillip to pricing along with speculation that US economic activity would improve.
yarb commented on the word fillip
I mark this in our old Mogul's wine; it's quite as deadening to some as filliping to others.
- Melville, Moby-Dick, ch. 40
July 25, 2008
bilby commented on the word fillip
"You fillip me o' the head."
- W. Shakespeare, 'Troilus and Cressida'.
May 25, 2009