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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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