Fillup vs Fillip - What's the difference?
fillup | fillip |
An act or process of filling up; a replenishment.
* 1866 , John Wilson, Noctes Ambrosianæ
* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=February 18, author=Jim Motavalli, title=A Self-Serve Station, in Your Garage, work=New York Times
, passage=The disadvantage of slow fillups is somewhat offset by the cost, the equivalent of $1.20 to $1.40 a gallon, Mr. Carr said. }}
(archaic) A flick; the act of releasing the index finger from the hold of a thumb with a snap.
Something that excites or stimulates.
To strike or project with the nail of a finger snapped from the end of the thumb; flick.
* Shakespeare
To tap or strike smartly.
To make a fillip; drive by or as by a fillip; stimulate; excite; whet.
* 1851 ,
To snap; to project quickly.
* Tylor
As a noun fillup
is an act or process of filling up; a replenishment.As a proper noun fillip is
.fillup
English
Noun
(en noun)- We had slyly ordered a few gallons of punch to be brought down to the office, to give a fillup to the worthy workmen at the close of their labors...
citation
Anagrams
* upfillfillip
English
Noun
(en noun)- This measure gave a fillip to the housing market.
- This athlete's victory provided a much-needed fillip for national pride.
Verb
(en verb)- You fillip me o' the head.
- The spicy aroma filliped my appetite.
- Grand snoozing to-night, maty; fat night for that. I mark this in our old Mogul’s wine; it’s quite as deadening to some as filliping to others.
- the use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with
