fillip

n.

1. A snap or light blow made by pressing a fingertip against the thumb and suddenly releasing it.
2. An embellishment that excites or stimulates: "Spritely tabasco onions, just a little crunch for the top, were an added fillip" (Alison Arnett).
3. One that is trivial or of little importance.

tr.v., -liped, -lip·ing, -lips.

1. To strike or propel rapidly by as or as if by a fillip: filliped his finger against my ear; filliped the pretzel across the counter.
2. To stimulate or arouse.

[Imitative.]

noun

Something that causes and encourages a given response: encouragement, impetus, impulse, incentive, inducement, motivation, prod, push, spur, stimulant, stimulation, stimulator, stimulus. See cause/effect.

1a) a blow or gesture made by the sudden forcible straightening of a finger curled up against the thumb (cf. fyerk)
b) a short sharp blow: buffet
2) something tending to arouse or excite as a) a stimulus b) a trivial addition: embellishment c) a significant and often unexpected development: wrinkle

IN BRIEF: n. - Anything that tends to arouse.

Tutor's tip: The dog trainer was able to make the dog "flip" (to turn something quickly) over with a mere "fillip." (a snap of the fingers)

Dansk (Danish)
n. - knips med fingrene, incitament, opstrammer
v. tr. - knipse med fingrene

Nederlands (Dutch)
stimulans, knip van de vingers, klap, verfraaiing, plooi (figuurlijk), zier, knippen met de vingers, slaan, wegschieten, stimuleren

Français (French)
n. - coup de fouet, stimulant
v. tr. - (fig) donner un coup de fouet à

Deutsch (German)
n. - Ansporn, Nasenstüber
v. - anspornen, einen Nasenstüber geben

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αναζωογόνηση, τόνωση, (καθομ.) ενθάρρυνση, ώθηση, (ελαφρό κτύπημα με) τίναγμα των δακτύλων

Italiano (Italian)
stimolo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - incentivo (m)

Русский (Russian)
побуждение, стимул, напоминание

Español (Spanish)
n. - estímulo
v. tr. - estimular

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - knäpp med fingrarna, stimulans (bildl.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
弹指, 刺激, 轻击, 用指弹

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 彈指, 刺激, 輕擊
v. tr. - 用指彈, 刺激

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 손가락으로 튀기기
v. tr. - ~을 손가락으로 튀기다, ~을 찰싹 때리다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 指ではじくこと, 軽い刺激, 刺激
v. - 指ではじく, はじき飛ばす, 指をはじく

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مثير , حافز , نقر باستخدام السبابه والإبهام‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תמריץ, עידוד, מכת אצבע, שיחרור פתאומי של אצבע או אגודל לאחר שנעצרו ע"י אצבע אחרת‬
v. tr. - ‮היכה מכה חטופה, היכה מכת אצבע, העיף (מטבע) וכו' בעזרת מכת אצבע‬

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