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fillip
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Fillip
(gcide) | Fillip \Fil"lip\ (f[i^]l"l[i^]p), 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 fillip me o' the head." --Shak.
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2. To snap; to project quickly.
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The use of the elastic switch to fillip small
missiles with. --Tylor.
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Fillip
(gcide) | Fillip \Fil"lip\, n.
1. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a
smart blow.
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2. Something serving to rouse or excite.
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I take a glass of grog for a filip. --Dickens.
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fillip
(wn) | fillip
n 1: anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added
fillip" [syn: bonus, fillip] |
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fillip
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Filliped
(gcide) | Fillip \Fil"lip\ (f[i^]l"l[i^]p), 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 fillip me o' the head." --Shak.
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2. To snap; to project quickly.
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The use of the elastic switch to fillip small
missiles with. --Tylor.
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fillipeen
(gcide) | Philopena \Phil`o*pe"na\, n. [Probably a corruption fr. G.
vielliebchen, LG. vielliebken, or D. veelliebken, a
philopena, literally, much loved; but influenced by Gr.
fi`los a friend, and L. poena penalty, from an idea that the
gift was a penalty of friendship or love.]
A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game
that is played in various ways; also, the game itself.
[Written also fillipeen and phillippine.]
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Note: One of the ways may be stated as follows: A person
finding a nut with two kernels eats one, and gives the
other to a person of the opposite sex, and then
whichever says philopena first at the next meeting wins
the present. The name is also applied to the kernels
eaten.
[1913 Webster] PhilopolemicFillipeen \Fil"li*peen`\, n.
See Philopena.
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Fillipeen
(gcide) | Philopena \Phil`o*pe"na\, n. [Probably a corruption fr. G.
vielliebchen, LG. vielliebken, or D. veelliebken, a
philopena, literally, much loved; but influenced by Gr.
fi`los a friend, and L. poena penalty, from an idea that the
gift was a penalty of friendship or love.]
A present or gift which is made as a forfeit in a social game
that is played in various ways; also, the game itself.
[Written also fillipeen and phillippine.]
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Note: One of the ways may be stated as follows: A person
finding a nut with two kernels eats one, and gives the
other to a person of the opposite sex, and then
whichever says philopena first at the next meeting wins
the present. The name is also applied to the kernels
eaten.
[1913 Webster] PhilopolemicFillipeen \Fil"li*peen`\, n.
See Philopena.
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Filliping
(gcide) | Fillip \Fil"lip\ (f[i^]l"l[i^]p), 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 fillip me o' the head." --Shak.
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2. To snap; to project quickly.
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The use of the elastic switch to fillip small
missiles with. --Tylor.
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fillip
(wn) | fillip
n 1: anything that tends to arouse; "his approval was an added
fillip" [syn: bonus, fillip] |
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