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hippity

hippity adverb: unevenly; by hopping.

Adverb

hippity (comparative more hippity, superlative most hippity)

  1. (informal) Unevenly; by hopping.
    • “W’at’ll de rab’its do w’en de pile am burnin’?” ¶ “Dey’ll jes hippity, skippity, an’ git hout, an’ now min’ I w’at tell yer,” replied the old negro.1889, Carlisle B. Holding, Her Ben: A Tale of Royal Resolves, page 159
    • Sammy Squirrel slept inside the tortoise's house until nightfall and then he came out and, skippity-hippity, away he went to Owl's Barn.1955, Time & Tide, volume 36, page 1582

Forms of hippity

comparativemore hippity
superlativemost hippity

Origin of hippity

Fanciful extension hip, a regional variant of hop, with the expressive suffix -ity. Attested since the nineteenth century.

Phrases with hippity

Questions about hippity

What does hippity mean?
Hippity means unevenly; by hopping.
What part of speech is hippity?
Hippity is an adverb.

Words near hippity in the dictionary

  1. hippiness
  2. hipping
  3. hippings
  4. hippins
  5. hippish
  6. hippity
  7. hippity hoppity
  8. hippity hoppity get off my property
  9. hippity-hop
  10. hippity-hoppity
  11. hippity-hops

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