hippity-hop

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1. childishMoving by hopping, having an uneven gait.

   There must be hundreds of them killed every summer day - and, it's no wonder when one observes the erratic, hippity-hop way they try to cross the road.

   1987, G. Bennett, Birdfinding in Canada, page 21

2. figurativelyProceeding through uneven stages.

   In 1927, when United Air Lines began service over a hippity-hop route between San Francisco and Chicago, Cheyenne again rather than Denver was picked as a stop.

   1976, Bill Hosokawa, Thunder in the Rockies: The Incredible Denver Post, page 133

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1. childishnot comparableUnevenly, with a hopping gait.

   So he mounted the horse, which went hippity-hop, hippity-hop.

   1857, John Edward Taylor, “The Wild Man”, in The Fairy Ring: A Collection of Tales and Traditions, Translated from the German of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, page 101

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   Which show how the tortoise moved? hopped / waddled / scampered / scurried / plodded / ran hippity-hop / took one slow step after another

   1938, Elizabeth Baker, Language Journeys with our Friends, page 109

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1. childishA hop

present singular third person hippity-hops · participle present hippity-hopping · participle past hippity-hopped · past hippity-hopped · alternative hippedy-hop · alternative hippety-hop · alternative hippity-hoppity

1. childishto hop.

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1. humorousuncountablehip-hop (music)

   I'm not much into teh hippity-hop like teh kids.

   2006 June 16, Talysman the Ur-Beatle, “Bob Saget lieks teh hippity-hop”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet)