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tittup(v.)

"walk affectedly; prance, skip, or go in a gay, lively manner," 1785, from noun tittup, titup, used of a horse's canter (1703), apparently imitative of the sound made by the hoofs. Related: Tittupping; tittuppy "bouncing, cantering," hence "rickety, unstable."

该词起源时间:1785年