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fillup
English
Etymology
fill +? up
Noun
fillup (plural fillups)
- An act or process of filling up; a replenishment.
Anagrams
- upfill
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fillip
English
Etymology
From Middle English filippen, philippe (“to flick or snap a finger against the thumb”); further origin uncertain, but probably imitative. It is not clear whether the verb is derived from the noun, or vice versa.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /?f?l?p/
- Homophones: Philip, Phillip
- Hyphenation: fil?lip
Noun
fillip (plural fillips)
- (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.
Translations
Verb
fillip (third-person singular simple present fillips, present participle filliping or (archaic) fillipping, simple past and past participle filliped or (archaic) fillipped)
- (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.
- (transitive, intransitive) To make a fillip (noun sense 1) (with the fingers).
Derived terms
- filliping (noun)
Related terms
- flip (possibly)
Translations
References
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