English-Finnish translations for fillip

• napsutus

Definition of fillip

• The action of hold#Verb|holding the tip#Noun|tip of a finger#Noun|finger against the thumb#Noun|thumb and then release#Verb|releasing it with a snap#Noun|snap; a flick#Noun|flick
• A smart#Adjective|smart strike#Noun|strike or tap#Noun|tap made using this action, or by other means
• Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief#Adjective|brief time#Noun|time it take#Verb|takes to flick#Verb|flick one's finger#Noun|finger ''''; a jiffy
• Something that excites or stimulates
• To strike#Verb|strike, project#Verb|project, or propel with a #Noun|fillip ; to flick#Verb|flick
• To project quickly; to snap#Verb|snap
• To strike or tap#Verb|tap smartly
• To drive#Verb|drive as if by a fillip ''''; to excite, stimulate, whet
• To make a fillip '''(with the fingers

Examples

• This measure gave a fillip to the housing market
• The athlete’s victory provided a much-needed fillip for national pride
• The spicy aroma filliped my appetite

Related words

• filling
• fulfilling
• tefillin
• self-fulfilling
• fillister
• prefilling
• Fillingham
• filling earth
• filling material