Found 2 items, similar to Fillip.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: fillip
fillip
n : anything that tends to arouse;
“his approval was an added
fillip” [syn:
bonus]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Fillip
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.
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2. To snap; to project quickly.
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The use of the elastic switch to fillip small
missiles with. --Tylor.
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Fillip
\Fil"lip\, n.
1. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a
smart blow.
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2. Something serving to rouse or excite.
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I take a glass of grog for a filip. --Dickens.
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