bonus, fillip
(noun) anything that tends to arouse; “his approval was an added fillip”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
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 smart 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.
fillip (third-person singular simple present fillips, present participle (archaic) fillipping or filliping, simple past and past participle (archaic) fillipped or filliped)
(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).
Source: Wiktionary
Fil"lip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filliped; p. pr. & vb. n. Filliping.] Etym: [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 filip me o' the head." Shak.
2. To snap; to project quickly. The use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with. Tylor.
Fil"lip, n.
1. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
2. Something serving to rouse or excite. I take a glass of grog for a filip. Dickens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 December 2024
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
