Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - fillip
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(fillips) If someone or something gives a fillip to an activity or person, they suddenly encourage or improve them. (WRITTEN) The news gave a fillip to the telecommunications sector... = boost N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N to/for n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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I. transitive verb Etymology: probably of imitative origin Date: 15th century 1. a. to make a ~ing motion with b. to strike or tap with a ~ ~ed him on the nose 2. to project quickly by or as if by a ~ ~ crumbs off the table 3. stimulate with this to ~ his spirits — Robert Westerby II. noun Date: 1519 1. a. a blow or gesture made by the sudden forcible straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb b. a short sharp blow ; buffet 2. something tending to arouse or excite: as a. stimulus just the ~ my confidence needed lent a ~ of danger to the sport b. a trivial addition ; embellishment showy ~s of language c. a significant and often unexpected development ; wrinkle plot twists and ~s ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a stimulus or incentive. 2 a a sudden release of a finger or thumb when it has been bent and checked by a thumb or finger. b a slight smart stroke given in this way. --v. (filliped, filliping) 1 tr. stimulate (fillip one's memory). 2 tr. strike slightly and smartly. 3 tr. propel (a coin, marble, etc.) with a fillip. 4 intr. make a fillip. Etymology: imit. ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. щелчок to give a fillip —- щелкнуть, дать щелчок 2. толчок, побуждение, стимул a fillip to the memory —- напоминание 3. пустяк; мелочь not worth a fillip —- ничего не стоит 4. мгновение, миг 5. щелкнуть, дать щелчок to fillip off —- сбросить щелчком to fillip off crumbs —- сбить щелчком крошки 6. подталкивать, стимулировать to fillip smb.'s memory —- дать толчок чьим-л. воспоминаниям ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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- c.1450 philippen "to flip something with the fingers, snap the fingers," possibly of imitative origin. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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