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Synonyms for fillip


Grammar : Verb
Spell : fil-uh p
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪl əp



Définition of fillip

Origin :
  • mid-15c., philippen "to flip something with the fingers, snap the fingers," possibly of imitative origin. As a noun, from 1520s, fyllippe.
  • verb stimulate
Example sentences :
  • And doubtless some break in the monotony gives a fillip of pleasure.
  • Extract from : « Hiero » by Xenophon
  • It was just a fillip to my enjoyment, as I looked on and off my page alternately.
  • Extract from : « Daisy » by Elizabeth Wetherell
  • He has given a fillip to existence, loath as I am to acknowledge it.
  • Extract from : « The Prairie Mother » by Arthur Stringer
  • Corrupting a Legislature is not something a man may do with a fillip of his finger and thumb.
  • Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson
  • She knew that it wanted but this fillip to carry her through.
  • Extract from : « The Merry-Go-Round » by Carl Van Vechten
  • Eat, drink, play; all other human joys are not worth a fillip.'
  • Extract from : « The Works of Lord Byron » by Lord Byron
  • And the baron with a fillip of the finger made this toy whirl round.
  • Extract from : « Original Short Stories, Volume 10 (of 13) » by Guy de Maupassant
  • The common parent was given a fillip of a contemptuous thumb and finger.
  • Extract from : « A Man of Two Countries » by Alice Harriman
  • Vaucorbeil watched him, then, with a fillip, knocked off his cap.
  • Extract from : « Bouvard and Pcuchet » by Gustave Flaubert
  • A fillip to the wheel of her fate was given as she and Ellis went up the hill.
  • Extract from : « The Barrier » by Allen French

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