tittup

(tit′əp)

noun

a lively movement; frolicsome behavior; frisk; caper

Origin: prob. echoic of hoofbeats

to move in a frolicsome or prancing way; caper

See tittup in American Heritage Dictionary 4

intransitive verb tit·tuped or tit·tupped, tit·tup·ing or tit·tup·ping, tit·tups

To move in a lively, capering manner; prance.

noun

A lively, capering manner of moving or walking; a prance.

Origin:

Origin: Perhaps imitative of the sound of a horse's hooves

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