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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Fillip  \Fil"lip\,  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  filip  me  o'  the  head.''  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  snap;  to  project  quickly. 
 
  The  use  of  the  elastic  switch  to  fillip  small 
  missiles  with  --Tylor. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Fillip  \Fil"lip\,  n. 
  1.  A  jerk  of  the  finger  forced  suddenly  from  the  thumb;  a 
  smart  blow. 
 
  2.  Something  serving  to  rouse  or  excite. 
 
  I  take  a  glass  of  grog  for  a  filip.  --Dickens. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  fillip 
  n  :  anything  that  tends  to  arouse;  "his  approval  was  an  added 
  fillip"  [syn:  {bonus}] 




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