tittup

[tit-uhp]

noun

1. an exaggerated prancing, bouncing movement or manner of moving.

verb (used without object)

tittuped, tittuping , tittupped, tittupping .

1. to move, especially to walk, in an exaggerated prancing or bouncing way, as a spirited horse.

tittup

/ ˈtɪtəp /

verb

1. (intr) to prance or frolic

noun

1. a caper

2. the sound made by high-heeled shoes

Other Word Forms

• tittuppy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of tittup¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of tittup¹

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

Example Sentences

Cantering along upon an old tittuping hack is merely taking horse exercise in a mild form.

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The popular notion of Japanese life is one of order, where tranquillity is the ideal made into an aesthetic, whether in poetry, gardening, flower arranging, the tea ceremony, or tittuping geishas.

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Why, auntie would have just met them tittuping along.

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The horses lilted it out in their gallop: the harness jingled, the postillions tittuped to it.

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But when Mr. Mackintosh tittuped down the aisle with her, I did not think so.

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