fillip

(Englisch)

Noun

1. (archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick.
2. A sharp strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means.
3. (broadly) Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy.
4. (broadly) Something that excites or stimulates.

Verb

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

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈfɪlɪp/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: filippen

In summary

From Middle English filippen, philippe (“to flick or snap a finger from 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.

Konzepte

Anregung

Nasenstüber

Philipp II. August

Schnalzen

Schnipser

Fingerschnipser

Synonyme

flick

incentive

spur

stimulus

stimulator

motive

bonus

click

tap

flip

remind

reminder

shoot

suppress

bomb

💣

stroke

buffet

con

goad

leaven

leavening

oppress

Philip

prompt

rebound

Übersetzungen

knip

pichenette

chiquenaude

fiske

incentivo

papirote

bodziec

stimulant

encouragement

vingerknip

estímulo

schioccàr di dita

coup de pouce

peteleco

schiocco