Fillip Definition

fĭləp
fillips
noun
fillips
The snap made by a finger which is held down toward the palm by the thumb and then suddenly released.
Webster's New World
A light blow or tap given in this way.
Webster's New World
Anything that stimulates or livens up; piquant element.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
verb
To strike, impel, or snap with a fillip.
Webster's New World
To make a fillip.
Webster's New World
To stimulate or liven up.
Webster's New World

To strike or project with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb; flick.

Wiktionary
To snap; to project quickly.
Wiktionary
Synonyms:

Other Word Forms of Fillip

Noun

Singular:
fillip
Plural:
fillips

Origin of Fillip

  • From Middle English philippe, filippen (“to make a sound with right forefinger and thumb, snap”). Origin uncertain. Probably an alteration of Middle English flappen (“to hit, slap, clap, applaud”). More at flap.A fillip gradually became “something of small importance; a trifle.” “The rest is not worth a fillip with the finger.” And, the word could also express a short space of time (perhaps the time it took to “flick” the finger). “The tortoise..in a fillip of the finger was down in the gardens of Riu Gu.” Only in the 18th and 19th centuries did its current usage, as encouragement or stimulus, tend to dominate.

    From Wiktionary

  • Imitative

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Fillip Sentence Examples

  • A possible cut later in the year could even provide a fillip to the market.

  • Vast masses of Walsingham's correspondence are preserved in the Record Office and the British Museum; some have been epitomized in the Foreign Calendar (as far as 1582); and his correspondence during his two embassies to France was published in extenso by Sir Dudley Digges in 1655 under the title The Compleat Ambassador, possibly, as has been suggested by Dr Stahlin, to give a fillip to the similar policy then being pursued by Oliver Cromwell.

  • Limiting the top speed of cars gave a fillip to railroad travel.

  • It became a ratings weapon for ITV, deployed whenever the channel needed a fillip or to attract viewers to an entirely different series.

  • Now, Rover had the perfect power unit with which to give the P5 and P6 ranges a much-needed fillip.

More Sentences

Fillip Is Also Mentioned In

Find Similar Words

Find similar words to fillip using the buttons below.

Words Starting With

FFIFIL

Words Ending With

PIPLIP

Unscrambles

fillip

Words Starting With F and Ending With P

Starts With F & Ends With PStarts With FI & Ends With PStarts With F & Ends With IP

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With F6 Letter Words Ending With P