fillip

Meanings

Plural: fillips

Noun

anything that tends to arouse
- "his approval was an added fillip"
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.
Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy.
Something that excites or stimulates.

Verb

To strike, project, or propel with a fillip (that is, a finger released quickly after being pressed against the thumb); to flick.
To project quickly; to snap.
To strike or tap smartly.
To drive as if by a fillip (noun sense 1); to excite, stimulate, whet.
To make a fillip (noun sense 1) (with the fingers).

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English filippen, philippe (“to flick or snap a finger against the thumb”); further origin uncertain, but probably imitative. See flip. It is not clear whether the verb is derived from the noun, or vice versa.

Synonyms

animate, awaken, bonus, electrify, enflame, enkindle, enthrill, exagitate, excite, exhilarate, exsuscitate, fillip, fire, fire the blood, flick, galvanize, gin up, ignite, inflame, intoxicate, kindle, ping, quicken, rouse, send, set fire to, set on fire, sharpen, stir the blood, suscitate, thrill, vitalise, wake, warm the blood, whet, wind up, work up, yerk

Scrabble Score: 11

fillip is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
fillip is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fillip is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

fillip is a valid Words With Friends word