fillip (Meaning)
fillip (n)
anything that tends to arouse
fillip (v. t.)
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.
To snap; to project quickly.
fillip (n.)
A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
Something serving to rouse or excite.
Synonyms & Antonyms of fillip
Synonyms:
- clap
- clout
- plump
- pounding
- douse
- stripe
- rap
- slug
- pelt
- welt
- spank
- kick
- bop
- pick
- beat
- slam
- box
- lash
- bust
- wham
- belt
- hand
- haymaker
- wallop
- hook
- hack
- bat
- smash
- chop
- sock
- crack
- swat
- switch
- thwack
- cuff
- stinger
- swing
- buffet
- bash
- biff
- clip
- dab
Antonyms:
- restrain
- debilitate
- harass
- curb
- suppress
- fatigue
- enfeeble
- exhaust
- suppress
- quench
- enfeeble
- still
- quench
- weaken
- wash out
- repress
- slow
- enervate
- repress
- sap
- do in
- curb
- weaken
- slow
- restrain
- fatigue
- wash out
- harass
- tucker (out)
- stunt
- quell
- quell
- do in
- inhibit
- debilitate
- enervate
- still
- tucker (out)
- stunt
- sap
- exhaust
- inhibit
Synonyms:
- pummelling
- counterblow
- counter
- pummeling
- licking
- hammering
- whip
- bastinado
- knockdown
- battering
- cruncher
- roundhouse
- flogging
- drubbing
- whop
- body blow
- shiver
- knockout
- walloping
- counterpunch
- right
- left
- cudgelling
- clobbering
- whipping
- uppercut
- one-two
- sucker punch
- pasting
- sidewinder
- KO
- beating
- whap
- counterstroke
- knee
- thrashing
- larrup
- bludgeoning
- rabbit punch
Antonyms:
fillip Sentence Examples
- The coach's fillip inspired the team to victory.
- The project received a fillip when a major investor came on board.
- The arrival of the new CEO gave the company's stock price a fillip.
- The announcement of the peace deal gave the region a much-needed fillip.
- The discovery of oil reserves gave the country's economy a significant fillip.
- The athlete's success in the Olympics gave their sport a big fillip.
- The fillip of a cold shower helped me wake up in the morning.
- The new policy gave the tourism industry a much-needed fillip.
- The recent technological advancements have given the field of medicine a major fillip.
- The band's new album gave their career a much-needed fillip.
FAQs About the word fillip
anything that tends to arouseTo strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spri
pound,blow, bang, lick, whack, slap, thud, hit, thump, swipe
undermine, weary, undermine, wear out, deaden, knock out, kill, weary, deaden, wear
The coach's fillip inspired the team to victory.
The project received a fillip when a major investor came on board.
The arrival of the new CEO gave the company's stock price a fillip.
The announcement of the peace deal gave the region a much-needed fillip.
