fillip

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fillip

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Englannin sanakirja

fillip (englanti > suomi)

1. napsutus

fillip englanniksi

1. puhekieltä A flick; the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap.

2. Something that excites or stimulates.

This measure gave a fillip to the housing market.

This athletes victory provided a much-needed fillip for national pride.''

3. puhekieltä To strike or project with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb; flick.

4. Shakespeare: Troilus and Cressida 4.5.45

You fillip me o' the head.

5. puhekieltä To tap or strike smartly.

6. puhekieltä To make a fillip; drive by or as by a fillip; stimulate; excite; whet.

The spicy aroma filliped my appetite.

7. 1851, w:Herman Melville|Herman Melville, w:Moby Dick|Moby Dick, s:Moby-Dick/Chapter 40|chapter 40

Grand snoozing to-night, maty; fat night for that. I mark this in our old Mogul’s wine; it’s quite as deadening to some as filliping to others.

8. To snap; to project quickly.

9. Tylor

the use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with

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