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verb 1. Move with jerky or exaggerated movements.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES
Play Button "My horse will tittup to his stall for some hay even after a long ride."
Play Button "The performers tittupped across the stage, dancing in time to the drums."
Play Button "I watched the lambs tittup around the meadow, prancing beside their mothers."
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Imitative, late 17th century
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Why This Word?
Do you remember the episode of "Friends" when Phoebe shows Rachel her frantic, exaggerated running style? Think of that as an example of tittupping. "Tittup" is a verb coined in the early 18th century to denote the specific sound a horse makes when moving between a canter (a controlled three-beat gait) and a gallop (a faster, four-beat variation of the same gait). ...
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