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fillip n

(archaic) The action of holding the tip of a finger against the thumb and then releasing it with a snap; a flick. A smart strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means. (by extension) Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy. (by extension) Something that excites or stimulates. Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh and the husband of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, was born on this day in 1921.

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