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How to pronounce “fillip”

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Pronunciation guide for fillip

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Definition summary: (archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.

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[Noun]
(archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.
A sharp strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means.
(by extension) Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy.
(by extension) Something that excites or stimulates.
[Verb]
(transitive) To strike, project, or propel with a fillip (that is, a finger released quickly after being pressed against the thumb); to flick.
(transitive, by extension) To project quickly; to snap.
(transitive, by extension) To strike or tap smartly.
(transitive, figuratively) To drive as if by a fillip (noun sense 1); to excite, stimulate, whet.
(ambitransitive) To make a fillip (noun sense 1) (with the fingers).