different between fillis vs fillip

English

Noun

fillis (uncountable)

1. tow or similar twine for tying up plants

Anagrams

• Ifills

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)

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. (by extension) Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy.
4. (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)

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. (transitive, by extension) To project quickly; to snap.
3. (transitive, by extension) To strike or tap smartly.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To drive as if by a fillip (noun sense 1); to excite, stimulate, whet.
5. (transitive, intransitive) To make a fillip (noun sense 1) (with the fingers).

Derived terms

• filliping (noun)

Related terms

• flip (possibly)

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