hippity-hoppityv.

Brit.

/ˌhɪpᵻtɪˈhɒpᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌhɪpədiˈhɑpədi/

Forms: see hippity-hoppity adv. and adj.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: hippity-hoppity adv.

Etymology: < hippity-hoppity adv. Compare later hippity hop v.

intransitive. To walk, jump, skip, etc., with an uneven or hopping step or gait; = hippity hop v. Chiefly with adverbial complement.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unevenly

hobble1362

clockc1400

hirple?a1500

hitch1513

himp1533

cramble1607

himple1656

hoit1786

tolter1821

hippity-hoppity1830

clop1863

hippity hop1879

1830 H. Smith Walter Colyton I. ii. 45 A vine lady, you know, must always have a page to hippety-hoppety behind her.

1936 W. Ware Ballet is Magic 15 There was Aphrodite..and all the rest, hippety-hoppetying about the arena to the tinkly strains of the Royal Flea Band.

1988 S. Cosgrove Flippity Floppity (front matter) Dedicated to all little bunnies who have to hippity-hoppity, flippity-floppity off to bed.

2009 C. Foxe-Tyler Dream On ix. 107 I see Steven emerge from the pool house, naked except for a towel around his waist, and start hippity-hoppitying around.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

hippity-hoppityadv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌhɪpᵻtɪˈhɒpᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌhɪpədiˈhɑpədi/

Forms: 1800s– hippety-hoppety, 1800s– hippity-hoppity, 1900s– hipity-hopity.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hip v.¹, -ety suffix, hop v.¹

Etymology: < hip v.¹ + -ety suffix + hop v.¹ + -ety suffix. Compare slightly later hippity-hop n.

A. adv.

With an uneven or hopping step or gait; = hippity-hop adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > unevenly

hobblingly1607

dot and go one1797

hippity-hoppity1825

hippity-hop1868

1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 45 Hippety-hoppety, adv., in a limping and hobbling manner.

1873 J. W. Bird Protection against Fires 70 Imagine Mr. Bird, with his poor sciatic leg,..starting off with all his might, hippity, hoppity,..for a fire which may be one or five miles away.

1919 Progressive Teacher Sept. 17/1 After breakfast he took his dinner pail and ran hippety, hoppety through the woods.

1980 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 4 Apr. He spotted what looked like a tall, chocolate rabbit coming ‘hippity-hoppity’ out of the yard.

2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 May 28 It will, of course, be rewarding to wave them [sc. frogs] off, hippety-hoppety, across the herbaceous border.

B. adj.

Having or characterized by an uneven or hopping step or gait. Cf. hippity-hop adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > uneven

hobbling1545

dot and go one1818

hirpling1821

hippity-hoppity1877

hippity-hop1888

1877 Quiver 12 730/1 The Preventers be hippity-hoppity chaps a'ter all..thay got no shoulders to speak of.

1899 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 85 810/1 A hippity-hoppity eccentricity in his gait, the result of an infirmity which rendered his left leg about eighteen inches shorter than his right leg.

1919 G. W. Caldwell Wizzywab 45 ‘And now I have made,’ said the wise Hokomu, ‘A hippity-hoppity Kangaroo.’

1938 J. W. Paisley Ras Bravado xi. 134 They ain't goin' to have your hipity-hopity walkin' up there.

1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Jan. i. 2 They tended to move in that coy hippety-hoppety manner that adults often adopt when they attempt to portray children.

2015 Keene (New Hampsh.) Sentinel (Nexis) 24 Mar. With the Easter Bunny slated to make his hippity hoppity return Sunday, children..will have plenty of chances to brush up on their egg-collecting skills.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hippity-hoppity
释义	hippity-hoppityv. Brit. /ˌhɪpᵻtɪˈhɒpᵻti/, U.S. /ˌhɪpədiˈhɑpədi/ Forms: see hippity-hoppity adv. and adj. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: hippity-hoppity adv. Etymology: < hippity-hoppity adv. Compare later hippity hop v. intransitive. To walk, jump, skip, etc., with an uneven or hopping step or gait; = hippity hop v. Chiefly with adverbial complement. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unevenly hobble1362 clockc1400 hirple?a1500 hitch1513 himp1533 cramble1607 himple1656 hoit1786 tolter1821 hippity-hoppity1830 clop1863 hippity hop1879 1830 H. Smith Walter Colyton I. ii. 45 A vine lady, you know, must always have a page to hippety-hoppety behind her. 1936 W. Ware Ballet is Magic 15 There was Aphrodite..and all the rest, hippety-hoppetying about the arena to the tinkly strains of the Royal Flea Band. 1988 S. Cosgrove Flippity Floppity (front matter) Dedicated to all little bunnies who have to hippity-hoppity, flippity-floppity off to bed. 2009 C. Foxe-Tyler Dream On ix. 107 I see Steven emerge from the pool house, naked except for a towel around his waist, and start hippity-hoppitying around. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). hippity-hoppityadv.adj. Brit. /ˌhɪpᵻtɪˈhɒpᵻti/, U.S. /ˌhɪpədiˈhɑpədi/ Forms: 1800s– hippety-hoppety, 1800s– hippity-hoppity, 1900s– hipity-hopity. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hip v.¹, -ety suffix, hop v.¹ Etymology: < hip v.¹ + -ety suffix + hop v.¹ + -ety suffix. Compare slightly later hippity-hop n. A. adv. With an uneven or hopping step or gait; = hippity-hop adv. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > unevenly hobblingly1607 dot and go one1797 hippity-hoppity1825 hippity-hop1868 1825 J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 45 Hippety-hoppety, adv., in a limping and hobbling manner. 1873 J. W. Bird Protection against Fires 70 Imagine Mr. Bird, with his poor sciatic leg,..starting off with all his might, hippity, hoppity,..for a fire which may be one or five miles away. 1919 Progressive Teacher Sept. 17/1 After breakfast he took his dinner pail and ran hippety, hoppety through the woods. 1980 Associated Press Newswire (Nexis) 4 Apr. He spotted what looked like a tall, chocolate rabbit coming ‘hippity-hoppity’ out of the yard. 2015 Daily Tel. (Nexis) 16 May 28 It will, of course, be rewarding to wave them [sc. frogs] off, hippety-hoppety, across the herbaceous border. B. adj. Having or characterized by an uneven or hopping step or gait. Cf. hippity-hop adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > uneven hobbling1545 dot and go one1818 hirpling1821 hippity-hoppity1877 hippity-hop1888 1877 Quiver 12 730/1 The Preventers be hippity-hoppity chaps a'ter all..thay got no shoulders to speak of. 1899 Harper's New Monthly Mag. 85 810/1 A hippity-hoppity eccentricity in his gait, the result of an infirmity which rendered his left leg about eighteen inches shorter than his right leg. 1919 G. W. Caldwell Wizzywab 45 ‘And now I have made,’ said the wise Hokomu, ‘A hippity-hoppity Kangaroo.’ 1938 J. W. Paisley Ras Bravado xi. 134 They ain't goin' to have your hipity-hopity walkin' up there. 1981 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 18 Jan. i. 2 They tended to move in that coy hippety-hoppety manner that adults often adopt when they attempt to portray children. 2015 Keene (New Hampsh.) Sentinel (Nexis) 24 Mar. With the Easter Bunny slated to make his hippity hoppity return Sunday, children..will have plenty of chances to brush up on their egg-collecting skills. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1830adv.adj.1825
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