His approval was an added fillip. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object) : Anticipation filliped his passion. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : Praise is an excellent fillip for waning ambition. From Dictionary.com.
The result was a short-term fillip to statistical GDP but no surge in real growth. From Wordnik.com. [Lessons From the Selloff] Reference
Therefore, there might be some short-term fillip given to the market whether from the government or other sources. From Wordnik.com. [Moneycontrol Top Headlines] Reference
Just as critics predicted, the rebate checks gave consumer spending a short-term fillip without changing longer-term incentives. From Wordnik.com. [Run on Washington] Reference
"There has been a short-term fillip through tourism, although not as much as had been originally hoped for. From Wordnik.com. [101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more] Reference
This plainly shows that I require no "fillip" or stimulant when at work. From Wordnik.com. [Study and Stimulants; Or, the Use of Intoxicants and Narcotics in Relation to Intellectual Life] Reference
"Know?" he resumed, having had the necessary fillip. From Wordnik.com. [The Collectors] Reference
At the same time, they serve as a fillip to the attention. From Wordnik.com. [The Making of Arguments] Reference
"Now larger rural populations can become a fillip to growth.". From Wordnik.com. [India Defies Slump, Powered by Growth in Poor Rural States] Reference
A change in the risk-reward ratio might give GM crops a fillip. From Wordnik.com. [The Fear Of Food] Reference
A certain fillip was given to Cambo by the retreat here of Edward. From Wordnik.com. [The Automobilist Abroad] Reference
Dryden, is worth having, and gives a pleasant fillip to the fancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 20, No. 121, November, 1867] Reference
I suspect they believe this will be a much-needed fillip to Brown. From Wordnik.com. [Brown plans a by-election bounce] Reference
Ts'ai Hsiao set her teeth together, and gave him a fillip on the head. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
Drifting between cat-naps Shelby usually found it a fillip to the fancy. From Wordnik.com. [The Henchman] Reference
She bent over her drawing, adding an unnecessary fillip of embellishment. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
The policy is a potential fillip for the vast rural regions they represent. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Independents Weigh United Vote] Reference
At first glance, it seems like a design fillip for a Scandinavian airport lobby. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart Of The Matter] Reference
It gives the brain a fillip, stirs memory, puts the gears of imagination in mesh. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
But a rebuff to him was in the nature of an appetizer, a fillip to press the acquaintance. From Wordnik.com. [Judith of the Plains] Reference
Such actions give a fillip to the insurgency and put Prime Minster Nuri al-Maliki in a bind. From Wordnik.com. [Letters To The Magazine] Reference
To give the class a needed fillip, I appealed to them to settle whether I or the boy was right. From Wordnik.com. [Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk] Reference
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