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Meanings of fillip in английском

португальский
peteleco

Anything that tends to arouse.

peteleco
Usage of fillip in английском
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
португальский
petelecobonificaçãobônus
Fillip through the time
Fillip across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Less common