fillips in English
noun
1
something that acts as a stimulus or boost to an activity.
the halving of the automobile tax would provide a fillip to sales
2
a movement made by bending the last joint of a finger against the thumb and suddenly releasing it; a flick of the finger.
the Prince, by a fillip, made some of the wine fly in Oglethorpe's face
verb
1
propel (a small object) with a flick of the finger.
our aforesaid merchant filliped a nut sharply against his bullying giant
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