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单词 tittup
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
tit•tup  (titəp),USA pronunciation n., v., -tuped, -tup•ing or (esp. Brit.) -tupped, -tup•ping. [Chiefly Brit.]
n. 
  1. British Termsan exaggerated prancing, bouncing movement or manner of moving.

v.i. 
  1. British Termsto move, esp. to walk, in an exaggerated prancing or bouncing way, as a spirited horse.
  • dialect, dialectal tit a jerk, twitch (Middle English titte) + (gall)op 1695–1705
tittup•py, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
tittup /ˈtɪtəp/ vb ( -tups, -tupping, -tupped) ( US -tups, -tuping, -tuped)
  1. (intransitive) to prance or frolic
n
  1. a caper
Etymology: 18th Century (in the sense: a horse's gallop): probably imitative
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