tittup
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
verb
noun
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a caper
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the sound made by high-heeled shoes
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of tittup
1695–1705; dial. tit a jerk, twitch ( Middle English titte ) + (gall)op
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She just goes hic, tittup, hic, down the trail, changing step as the hiccups jolted her poor old ribs.
From A Man in the Open by Pocock, Roger
A loose-shod horse came clicking clack; Nick Wolvesey on a hired hack Came tittup, like a cup and ball.
From Reynard the Fox by Masefield, John
The horses lilted it out in their gallop: the harness jingled, the postillions tittuped to it.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 20 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis
But when Mr. Mackintosh tittuped down the aisle with her, I did not think so.
From Red Hair by Glyn, Elinor
Cantering along upon an old tittuping hack is merely taking horse exercise in a mild form.
From The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises by Moustache, Vielle
Seen from the nearer point of view, the tittuping horseman seemed curiously out of harmony with his environment.
From Empire Builders by Hambidge, Jay
It is not the case of putting a young lady upon an old tittuping hack that can do little else than canter along behind the bridle and "drag his toe" at a walk.
From The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises by Moustache, Vielle
Why, auntie would have just met them tittuping along.
From Sir Hilton's Sin by Fenn, George Manville
There, as they tittupped one and all, Big Twenty Stone came scattering by, His great mare made the hoof-casts fly.
From Reynard the Fox by Masefield, John
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