Fil"lip (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Filliped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Filliping.] [For filp, flip. Cf. Flippant.]
1.
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.
"You
filip me o' the head."
Shak.
2.
To snap; to project quickly.
The use of the elastic switch to fillip small missiles with.
Tylor.
© Webster 1913.
Fil"lip, n.
1.
A jerk of the finger forced suddenly from the thumb; a smart blow.
2.
Something serving to rouse or excite.
I take a glass of grog for a filip.
Dickens.
© Webster 1913.