tittup

[ tit-uhp ]
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noun
  1. an exaggerated prancing, bouncing movement or manner of moving.

verb (used without object),tit·tuped, tit·tup·ing or (especially British) tit·tupped, tit·tup·ping.
  1. to move, especially to walk, in an exaggerated prancing or bouncing way, as a spirited horse.

Origin of tittup

1
1695–1705; dial. tit a jerk, twitch (Middle English titte) + (gall)op

Other words from tittup

  • tit·tup·py, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for tittup

tittup

/ (ˈtɪtəp) /


verb-tups, -tupping or -tupped or US -tups, -tuping or -tuped
  1. (intr) to prance or frolic

noun
  1. a caper

  2. the sound made by high-heeled shoes

Origin of tittup

1
C18 (in the sense: a horse's gallop): probably imitative

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