Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fillip"
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) 1.7 (wn)
fillip
n : anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added
fillip" [syn: {bonus}]
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