tittup

[ tit-uhp ]

noun

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

verb (used without object)

, tit·tuped, tit·tup·ing or (especially British) tit·tupped, tit·tup·ping.

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 Words From

• tittup·py 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.

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

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• brio