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tit⋅tup

[tit-uhp] noun, verb, -tuped, -tup⋅ing or (especially British) -tupped, -tup⋅ping. Chiefly British
–noun
1. an exaggerated prancing, bouncing movement or manner of moving.
–verb (used without object)
2. to move, esp. to walk, in an exaggerated prancing or bouncing way, as a spirited horse.

Origin:
1695–1705; dial. tit a jerk, twitch (ME titte) + (gall)op


tit⋅tup⋅py, adjective
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tit·tup   (tĭt'əp)   
intr.v.   tit·tuped or tit·tupped, tit·tup·ing or tit·tup·ping, tit·tups
To move in a lively, capering manner; prance.
n.  A lively, capering manner of moving or walking; a prance.

[Perhaps imitative of the sound of a horse's hooves.]
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