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Definition of Fillip
1. Noun. Anything that tends to arouse. "His approval was an added fillip"
Definition of Fillip
1. v. t. 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.
2. n. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
Definition of Fillip
1. Noun. (archaic) A flick; the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap. ¹
2. Noun. Something that excites or stimulates. ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To strike or project with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb; flick. ¹
4. Verb. (transitive) To tap or strike smartly. ¹
5. Verb. (transitive) To make a fillip; drive by or as by a fillip; stimulate; excite; whet. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fillip
1. to strike sharply [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fillip
Literary usage of Fillip
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by James Thomas Molesworth, Baba Padmanji (1863)
"2 A fillip. 3 A knock with n knuckle. /. The sound of the Imit. of the sound ...
То fillip. 2 То hit ; to tip. vi To break, crack — glass things. fë^ esp. ..."
2. History of the Boston Massacre, March 5, 1770: Consisting of the Narrative by Frederic Kidder, John Adams (1870)
"... if nothing else but words precede ; but if from giving him such kind of
language, I proceed to take him by the nose, or fillip him on the forehead, ..."
3. Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry: From the Year by Mary Berry (1865)
"My fillip of gout is nearly gone, as I expected, nor have I stirred from the
chimney-corner these three days. Your father, sister, and Miss Dilkes came and ..."
4. The Indian Forester (1887)
"A fillip TO SENIOR ANGLERS. As far as I can remember since the first publication
of the " Indian Forester," not a single contribution has been inserted on ..."
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