giddyap

[gid-ee-ap, -uhp]

interjection

(used as a command to a horse to speed up).

Also gid·dap

[gi-dap, -duhp] /gɪˈdæp, -ˈdʌp/, gid·dy·up

[gid-ee-uhp] /ˌgɪd iˈʌp/.

Origin of giddyap

1920–25, Americanism; informal pronunciation of get up

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Historical Examples of giddap

Giddap, Tiffany, he said, wholly oblivious to Jims presence on earth.
Sudden Jim
Clarence Budington Kelland
Shake, neighbor, and may your age be–––Giddap there, Prince!
Jessica, the Heiress
Evelyn Raymond
That meant "Giddap or Go-along" in the vernacular but what that "Gi-may" meant he could not think.
Bob Hunt in Canada
George W. Orton
"Giddap," he said to the mare, and dropped the reins on her back.
Scattergood Baines
Clarence Budington Kelland
And if you got behind her and shoved and told her to “Giddap!”
The Human Drift
Jack London

British Dictionary definitions for giddap

giddap

giddy-up (ˌɡɪdɪˈʌp)

interjection

an exclamation used to make a horse go faster

Word Origin for giddap

C20: colloquial form of get up

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