as in blow
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
gave him a sharp fillip on the noggin with her teakettle
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as in to stimulate
to give life, vigor, or spirit to
used a splash of orange-flavored liqueur to fillip the otherwise ordinary cranberry sauce
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Recent Examples of fillip
Kelly Evans, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city, might represent an even more significant fillip than the sudden capture last week of Aleppo — the country’s most populous city — in the civil war's most significant offensive in years and one that could dramatically shift the balance of the country's conflict.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
The budget also gives a fillip to roads, railways, and oil and gas—core infrastructure sectors in dire need of modernization.
—Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2016
No doubt recipients will spend these monies quickly and provide an immediate fillip to consumer spending.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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Noun
That pace of deal news is a fillip for the investment banks.
—Kelly Evans, CNBC, 15 Jan. 2025
Hama, Syria’s fourth-largest city, might represent an even more significant fillip than the sudden capture last week of Aleppo — the country’s most populous city — in the civil war's most significant offensive in years and one that could dramatically shift the balance of the country's conflict.
—David Hodari, NBC News, 4 Dec. 2024
The budget also gives a fillip to roads, railways, and oil and gas—core infrastructure sectors in dire need of modernization.
—Milan Vaishnav, Foreign Affairs, 8 Mar. 2016
No doubt recipients will spend these monies quickly and provide an immediate fillip to consumer spending.
—Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fillip
Noun
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The title bout bore out as a chess match, as the ISL school traded blows with one of the top MIAA teams from the South Shore.—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
19 July 2025
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Smith shoved the gun in the guy’s gut, took the blow, then left.—
John J. Lennon,
Rolling Stone,
19 July 2025
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The bill follows advocacy efforts by TKO, the parent company of UFC and WWE, to stimulate interest in Congress for creating more and better professional opportunities for boxers in the U.S.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
23 July 2025
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But policymakers have so far avoided the mass cash handouts that the U.S. and Hong Kong gave residents to stimulate spending after the pandemic.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
23 July 2025
Noun
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So this isn’t a slap at the spending aspect of CUT.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
14 July 2025
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So the defense went out of its way to present witnesses who could corroborate Ventura Fine’s striking allegations of abuse. Of the slaps, punches and most of all the kicks delivered to the bodies of young women.—
Marco della Cava,
USA Today,
3 July 2025
Noun
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Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson give this team just enough thump to be dangerous.—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
23 July 2025
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The team pulled off a shocking blockbuster by landing franchise slugger Rafael Devers from the Boston Red Sox, immediately filling its need for some left-handed thump in the batting order.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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The comment quickly stirred debate online—some viewed it as a swipe at Dr. Dre, while others interpreted it as Quik simply affirming his own stature as a production powerhouse whose contributions have long flown under the radar.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
23 July 2025
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On Thursday, the White House cast Trump’s earlier criticisms as swipes at Democrats.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
18 July 2025
Noun
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Laws adds that this space is right off the white-wallpapered living room, so walking into it brings an unexpected visual punch.—
Lennie Omalza,
The Courier-Journal,
25 July 2025
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My partner called out numbers on the spot, with each number representing a punch.—
Elise Devlin,
New York Times,
24 July 2025
Noun
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The decision to wear the T-shirts was a hit at the arena.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
25 July 2025
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The show was a huge hit, praised for its grit and realism, but was still pulled in 2014 after two seasons on Channel 4.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
25 July 2025
Noun
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In its new stage form—with a book by Lisa Loomer and Nell Benjamin and music and lyrics by Joy Huerta and Benjamin Velez—those gaps of time make no difference to the force with which the looming presence of ICE in the life of its characters lands with a cruel thud in the chest.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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The other shoe dropped with an unsettling thud recently when White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt openly gay-bashed in defense of her controversial boss.—
Louis Balsamo,
Baltimore Sun,
25 June 2025
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“Fillip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fillip. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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