Associations to the word «Fillip»
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Wiktionary
FILLIP, noun. (archaic) A flick; the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap.
FILLIP, noun. Something that excites or stimulates.
FILLIP, verb. (transitive) To strike or project with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb; flick.
FILLIP, verb. (transitive) To tap or strike smartly.
FILLIP, verb. (transitive) To make a fillip; drive by or as by a fillip; stimulate; excite; whet.
FILLIP, verb. To snap; to project quickly.
Dictionary definition
FILLIP, noun. Anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added fillip".
Wise words
Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -
in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us
to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions
all of a color.