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Meanings of fillip in English

Portuguese
peteleco

Anything that tends to arouse.

        peteleco
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        Examples for "bonus"
        Examples for "bonus"
        1
        Info Edge also completed its second bonus issue since it went public.
        Reuters
        2
        There isn't a bonus large enough to trade for Kane's good health.
        The Complete Alien Omnibus
        3
        The previous year he did not receive a bonus, the statement said.
        The Guardian
        4
        Last weekend La Rochelle secured their bonus point try within 45 minutes.
        The Irish Times
        5
        Subject to blackbirds looking the other way, these are a great bonus.
        The Guardian
        Usage of fillip in English
        1
        And doubtless some break in the monotony gives a fillip of pleasure.
        Hiero
        2
        The eyelashes and the figure gave an agreeable fillip to his humour.
        The Shuttle
        3
        Drifting between cat-naps Shelby usually found it a fillip to the fancy.
        The Henchman
        4
        At the same time, they serve as a fillip to the attention.
        The Making of Arguments
        5
        This is a massive, massive fillip, said the OPLC chair Baroness Ford.
        The Guardian
        6
        Social media and internet stocks provided a fillip to the New York exchange.
        The Irish Times
        7
        Given this squalid past, Jaques' flip fillip here is quite delicious.
        Bardisms
        8
        But the result was a great fillip for Babs Keating and his team.
        The Irish Times
        9
        Mark Taylor's return is a fillip while Daffyd James is in great form.
        The Irish Times
        10
        Shares also received a fillip from better than expected eurozone data.
        The Guardian
        11
        A fresh media report about the review gave Barclays a fillip on Thursday.
        Reuters
        12
        The situation gave a fillip to her imagination; it was piquant.
        The Purple Heights
        13
        After the fillip on the nose, the blow from the fist.
        Les Misérables
        14
        Praise gave him the fillip needed in order to make him surpass himself.
        Oscar Wilde, His Life and Confessions — Volume 1
        15
        These two observations gave a necessary fillip to the courage of the challenger.
        The Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves
        16
        Simply his interest in things and persons seemed to have received a fillip.
        The Story of the Foss River Ranch: A Tale of the Northwest
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        Translations for fillip
        Fillip through the time
        Fillip across language varieties
        Ireland
        Common
        United Kingdom
        Less common
        United States of America
        Less common