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tittup
[tit-uhp]
noun
an exaggerated prancing, bouncing movement or manner of moving.
verb (used without object)
to move, especially to walk, in an exaggerated prancing or bouncing way, as a spirited horse.
tittup
/ ˈɪə /
verb
(intr) to prance or frolic
noun
a caper
the sound made by high-heeled shoes
Other Word Forms
- tittuppy adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of tittup1
Example Sentences
Cantering along upon an old tittuping hack is merely taking horse exercise in a mild form.
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.
Why, auntie would have just met them tittuping along.
The horses lilted it out in their gallop: the harness jingled, the postillions tittuped to it.
But when Mr. Mackintosh tittuped down the aisle with her, I did not think so.
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