noun. A snap or light blow made by pressing a fingertip against the thumb and suddenly releasing it.

noun. Something that excites or stimulates.

transitive verb. To strike or propel rapidly by a fillip.

transitive verb. To stimulate or arouse.

noun. A jerk of a finger bent against the ball of the thumb, and then suddenly let fly; hence, a smart tap or stroke.

noun. Anything which tends to rouse, excite, or revive: as, that acted as a fillip to my spirits.

To strike slightly or with some light instrument; especially, to strike with the nail of a finger first bent against the ball of the thumb, and let fly from that position with some force.

To strike, nudge, or touch, as a horse or a person, in order to urge or press forward; incite; drive.

To strike or tap with the nail of the finger.

transitive verb. 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.

transitive verb. To snap; to project quickly.

noun. A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.

noun. Something serving to rouse or excite.

noun. A flick; the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap.

noun. Something that excites or stimulates.

verb. To strike or project with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb; flick.

verb. To tap or strike smartly.

verb. To make a fillip; drive by or as by a fillip; stimulate; excite; whet.

noun. anything that tends to arouse

"Just as critics predicted, the rebate checks gave consumer spending a short-term fillip without changing longer-term incentives."

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