单词 | hoppity |
释义 | hoppityn. Another name for halma n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > board game > other board games > [noun] > halma halma1890 hoppity1894 1894 L. B. Sperry Confid. Talks with Young Men xvii. 164 Games of all sorts, base-ball, foot-ball,..checkers, hoppity. 1895 Montgomery Ward Catal. Spring & Summer 235/1 The Game of ‘Hopity’..is a game of skill... The particular feature of the game is the popular jumping move, pieces being allowed to jump over friend and foe alike to reach the opposite side of the board. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 222 Halma or hoppity was introduced about 1890. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2019). hoppityadv.adj. Used, often repeated or with the word hop, to suggest a hopping or hobbling movement. Cf. hippity-hop n., adv., and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adverb] > by or with hopping hoppingly1598 hip-hop1672 hoppity1825 the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] > hopping > of the nature of or characterized by hop, step, and jump1783 hoppity1888 hoppy1902 1825 [implied in: J. Jennings Observ. Dial. W. Eng. 45 Hippety-hoppety, adv., in a limping and hobbling manner. (at hippity-hoppity adv.)]. 1880 [implied in: M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 28/1 ‘He goes hippety-hoppety’ (walks unevenly).]. 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Hippety-hop, hippety-hoppety.., lame, limping in a very marked manner: applied to both man and beast. 1924 A. A. Milne When we were very Young 60 Christopher Robin goes Hoppity, hoppity, Hoppity, hoppity, hop. 1936 W. de la Mare Wind blows Over 46 William had been even more lively and hoppity than usual. 1943 F. Thompson Candleford Green viii. 125 A tame thrush which he had found in the fields with a broken wing and brought home..would follow him round the garden, hoppity-hop. 1963 Times 10 May 5/3 Two no-balls from Greenhough, whose run up, like Christopher Robin, goes hoppity hoppity. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1894adv.adj.1825 |
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