Subject: Re: Monday Chat 05.25.09 by bastet44 on 2009/5/25 16:39:29
Word of the Day for Monday, May 25, 2009
fillip \FIL-uhp\, noun:
1. A snap of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow. 2. Something serving to rouse or excite; a stimulus. 3. A trivial addition; an embellishment. 4. To strike with the nail of the finger, first placed against the ball of the thumb, and forced from that position with a sudden spring; to snap with the finger. 5. To snap; to project quickly. 6. To urge on; to provide a stimulus, by or as if by a fillip.