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fillip (verb, noun) -
verb
1a: to suddenly and forcibly straighten (a finger curled up against the thumb) as a way of gesturing or striking
b: to strike or tap by filliping
2: to project quickly by or as if by filliping
3: stimulate
noun
1a: a blow or gesture made by the sudden forcible straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb
b: a short sharp blow : buffet
2: something tending to arouse or excite: such as
a: stimulus
b: a trivial addition : embellishment
c: a significant and often unexpected development : wrinkle
Source : Merriam-Webster
Etymology : Like flip and flick, fillip is considered a phonetic imitation of the sharp release of a curled-up finger aimed to strike something. Language history suggests that people were filliping in the 15th-century, well before they were flipping and flicking. Specifically, fillip describes a strike or gesture made by the sudden straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb—a motion commonly referred to as a flick. It didn't take long before the sensational stinging smartness of filliping was extended to figurative use. "I mark this in our old Mogul's wine; it's quite as deadening to some as filliping to others," observes Herman Melville's Dutch sailor of wine's "stimulating" effect in Moby Dick.
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