Associations to the word «Fillip»
Noun
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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
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.