as in swipes
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 stimulates
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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Noun
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Beyond clicks and swipes, leaders should anticipate a future of inner speech, intention markers, and neuro-physiological feedback.—
Jason Snyder,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025 -
That set them up for a quick dispatch via a series of sword swipes.—
Zackery Cuevas,
PC Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Lowering rates may cause inflation and stimulates the economy to hire more.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Fiber helps slow digestion and stimulates the production of satiety hormones.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The clip runs for more than four minutes and starts with the employee, identified as Tikerra Hicks by FOX59, on the ground as a group of women surround her and rain down blows.—
Michael Nied,
People.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The two stars again exchanged a series of blows, ended by a hurricanrana and a Code Red from Cena.—
Blake Oestriecher,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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In Córdoba, colonial chapels cast long shadows across warm sandstone plazas, while Mendoza stirs slowly beneath the crystalline melt of the Andes—its sprawling vineyards glowing gold in the slanting afternoon light.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Meanwhile, the lead character has to deal with his parents, sister, a new friend at school and a peculiar older boy who stirs perplexing feelings in him.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The artist wore a sculptured piece made of car parts on top of a corset dress with hole punches at the bottom, designed by SLVA.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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As Vientos walked to first base, both benches and bullpens cleared for a few minutes, but no punches were thrown.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Adoption spikes, volume triples in weeks, but by the next quarter, most usage comes from a handful of customers with specific use cases.—
Achal Singi,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Flower spikes open sequentially from the bottom to the top, with approximately twenty flowers per stem.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
24 Aug. 2025
Noun
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As Thursday night rolled into Friday morning, Anisimova’s strokes had the same frozen-rope surety that had gotten her past Świątek in the quarterfinal.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
5 Sep. 2025
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Apply a base layer of detangling spray to the area, and use a wide-tooth comb or detangling brush to gently work at the mat, starting at the outer edges (closest to your ends, not your roots) and using small strokes.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
5 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Touted as the second-highest fine ever levied by the board, many observers struggled to view it as anything but the gentlest of wrist slaps.—
DAVID AMSDEN,
Rolling Stone,
29 Aug. 2025
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They were then categorized by behavior, including jumps, belly rolls, tail slaps, bow riding and even petting.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Fillips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fillips. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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