Source etymology 1
Original entry ↗To throw so as to turn over. · To put into a quick revolving motion through a snap of the thumb and index finger. · To win a state (or county) won by another party in the preceding elections. · To turn state's evidence; to agree to testify against one's co-conspirators in exchange for concessions from prosecutors.
A maneuver which rotates an object end over end. · A complete change of direction, decision, movement etc. · A fillip or light blow. · A whit or jot; the tiniest amount.
Alteration of earlier fillip, from Middle English filippen (“to make a signal or sound with thumb and right forefinger, snap the fingers”), an attenuated variation of flappen (“to flap, clap, slap, strike”). Cognate with Dutch flappen (“to flap”), German flappen (“to flap”).
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