fillip
/ˈfɪlɪp/
verb
- To stimulate or encourage; to give a boost to something.
- A good review can fillip a small restaurant's reputation.
- The government hopes the tax cut will fillip economic growth.
- The coach's speech filliped the team before the big game.
- To strike or propel something with a quick flick of the finger.
- He filliped the coin into the air and caught it.
- She filliped the crumb off the tablecloth.
- The boy filliped a pebble at the window.
Antonyms
noun
- Something that adds excitement, energy, or improvement; a boost or stimulus.
- The company's new product provided a much-needed fillip to sales.
- The new park was a fillip to the local economy.
- Her encouraging words gave a fillip to my confidence.
- A quick, sharp movement made by flicking a finger against the thumb, often used to propel a small object.
- He gave the marble a fillip and sent it rolling across the floor.
- She removed the dust from the book with a gentle fillip.
- With a fillip of his finger, he knocked the fly off the table.