fillip vs spoke

fillip

verb
  • To make a fillip (noun sense 1) (with the fingers). 

  • To project quickly; to snap. 

  • To strike or tap smartly. 

  • To drive as if by a fillip (noun sense 1); to excite, stimulate, whet. 

  • To strike, project, or propel with a fillip (that is, a finger released quickly after being pressed against the thumb); to flick. 

noun
  • A sharp strike or tap made using this action, or (by extension) by other means. 

  • Something unimportant, a trifle; also, the brief time it takes to flick one's finger (see noun sense 1); a jiffy. 

  • Something that excites or stimulates. 

spoke

verb
  • To furnish (a wheel) with spokes. 

  • simple past tense of speak 

noun
  • A projecting handle of a steering wheel. 

  • A support structure that connects the axle or the hub of a wheel to the rim. 

  • A rung of a ladder. 

  • One of the outlying points in a hub-and-spoke model of transportation. 

  • A device for fastening the wheel of a vehicle to prevent it from turning when going downhill. 

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