tittup

American  

[tit-uhp] / ˈtɪt əp /

noun

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

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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 British  

/ ˈtɪtəp /

verb

1. (intr) to prance or frolic

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noun

1. a caper

2. the sound made by high-heeled shoes

Other Word Forms

• tittuppy adjective

Etymology

Origin of tittup

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

Example Sentences

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

From Project Gutenberg

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.

From Newsweek

Why, auntie would have just met them tittuping along.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• brio