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noun

plural of fillip
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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verb

present tense third-person singular of fillip
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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Recent Examples of fillips
Noun
There are micro-twists within the major ones, expressive fillips that blend confessions and aphorisms, and grand reflections along with jousts of seductive wit. — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fillips
  1. swipes
  2. stimulates
  3. blows
  4. stirs
  5. punches
  6. spikes
  7. thumps
  8. thuds
Noun
  • Think of it like a team of pickpockets, one of which walks up to ask you for directions while the other swipes your wallet.
    — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 10 July 2026
  • Make careful vertical swipes, run the vegetable peeler down the sides of the fruit, following its curves to trim closely between the skin and the flesh.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 July 2026
Definition of swipes
Verb
  • The percussive vibration unclogs impurities and excess sebum while the accompanying massage motion stimulates blood microcirculation and supports lymphatic drainage—exactly the mechanisms Cirino prioritizes in his professional treatments.
    — Tanya Akim, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • This could be because glycolic acid stimulates collagen production and cell turnover and proliferation (the production of new skin cells).
    — Laura Dorwart, Health, 22 July 2026
Definition of stimulates
Noun
  • In a little corner of my mind, however, history will always mean the tragic smashing of individual lives by its cruel hands and the scattering of bewildered people reeling from its blows.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 July 2026
  • One way to look at the Washington Nationals’ kick-in-the-groin sweep at the hands of the New York Yankees — three leads in the eighth inning, three dizzying losses — is that none of the previous blows this team has taken have permanently felled it.
    — Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 13 July 2026
Definition of blows
Verb
  • Innovative Uranus stirs your 3rd House of Communication, trining transformative Pluto in your 11th House of Friends and Community.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 July 2026
  • Atlantic tropics are quiet while Pacific stirs In the Atlantic basin, forecasters are predicting a quiet stretch of weather.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 June 2026
Definition of stirs
Noun
  • With Gable and Rusev left standing, the two went back and forth with punches.
    — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • New York Yankees shortstop José Caballero was at the center of a tense scene on Monday night — one in which benches cleared, words were exchanged, but no punches were thrown.
    — Brendan Kuty, New York Times, 21 July 2026
Definition of punches
Verb
  • Research does not show that fruit juice consistently spikes blood sugar more than soda when carbohydrate amounts are similar.
    — Verywell Health, Verywell Health, 20 July 2026
  • In reality, when our core temperature rises, cortisol spikes.
    — Nicole F. Roberts, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Definition of spikes
Noun
  • Agents yelled from every direction, and the thumps of a news helicopter overhead were deafening.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • You’ll be thrown around in your seat, which moves in sync with the action, along with thumps in the back, splashes of water, blasts of air, smoke, and flashes of light.
    — Benny Har-Even, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
Definition of thumps
Noun
  • Rapp, up on Taft Point, heard two thuds.
    — Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Likewise, the score by Tony Doogan leans too heavily on generic electronic thuds, the kind that segue into a commercial break cliffhanger and an ad for blood pressure medicine.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026
Definition of thuds

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