fillip

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Thereon he opened the paper with a fillip, and gave himself tip to the lecture.

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  1. noun A snap or light blow made by pressing a fingertip against the thumb and suddenly releasing it.
  2. noun An embellishment that excites or stimulates: "Spritely tabasco onions, just a little crunch for the top, were an added fillip” (Alison Arnett).
  3. noun One that is trivial or of little importance.
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  • It is probably a variant of the word fillip, not a very common word these days.
  • In the year 1889 a great fillip was given to the extension of railways in Ireland by the passing of the Light Railways (Ireland) Act . —  Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland
  • As a final fillip, the Governor signed the bill at the Alaska AFL-CIO biennial convention. —  Lone Star Times
  • Copper consumption is expected to fall 9\% this year but purchases by China's State Board could have provided a short-term fillip to pricing along with speculation that US economic activity would improve. —  Seeking Alpha Wireless stocks
  • So this week's fillip is a Slaw Six, offering up half a dozen somewhat amusing ways to know when your time is coming … now … up … and gone. —  Slaw
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Imitative.

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  1. Also formerly filip, and sometimes phillip, philip; another form of flip, either by the development of the vocal glide between f and l into a vowel, or from the transposed form *filp, whence by contraction dial. fip, fillip: see flip.
  2. Also formerly filip, and sometimes phillip, philip; from fillip, v., 1.
 

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/ˈfɪlɪp/
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