hippity-hopn.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˌhɪpᵻtɪˈhɒp/, U.S.

/ˌhɪpədiˈhɑp/

Forms: 1800s– hippetty hop, 1800s– hippety hop, 1800s– hippity hop, 1900s– hipety hop, 1900s– hipity hop.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hip v.¹, -ety suffix, hop v.¹

Etymology: < hip v.¹ + -ety suffix + hop v.¹ Compare earlier hippity-hoppity v., hippity-hoppity adv.

A. n.

A hopping step, or series of steps; an uneven gait.Originally a child's phrase. Earliest as a nickname for a person who moves haltingly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > in limping manner

limpingly1579

haltingly1580

dot and go one1797

hippity-hop1845

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > limping

haltingc1440

hipping1440

limphalting1549

claudication1555

limping1555

halt1599

limpingness1753

limp1818

hippity-hop1845

gimp1925

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > limping

haltingc1384

limpish1570

limping1599

claudicant1624

dot and go one1768

hilching1786

hippity-hop1845

dot and carry one1851

1845 M. J. McIntosh Cousins xii. 155 Perhaps it was this very appearance of timidity which attracted the notice of two rude boys, one of whom exclaimed, ‘Old Mother Hippity-Hop! Old Mother Hippity-Hop!’

1860 Lewis' New Gymnastics 1 59/1 Have them..go around in little jumps; the ‘hipity-hop’ may be likewise introduced by way of variety.

1877 S. Powers Tribes of Calif. xxi. 212 Chasing one the other around the fire in a kind of hippity-hop.

1917 J. London Michael Brother of Jerry ii. 13 [He] raised himself upstanding on his one leg and hobbled, with his hippity-hop, to the beach.

1950 J. Dempsey Championship Fighting 58 Under no circumstances take any little half-step or hippity-hop.

2009 Star-News (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 6 May 1 d I am a springophile. The vernal equinox puts..a hippety-hop in my skippety-skip.

B. adv.

With an uneven or hopping step or gait.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > unevenly

hobblingly1607

dot and go one1797

hippity-hoppity1825

hippity-hop1868

1868 H. C. Weeks Ainslee Stories iv. 49 Chickey..started forward, hippity hop, to the old place.

1919 L. M. Sweet Makin' o' Joe xxi. 295 So I started off, hippety-hop, on my errand o' love.

1998 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Apr. 419/1 We would..sing and dance and go hippity-hop up the street.

2002 M. Pearson Short & Shocking! 72 The wide-mouth toad-frog left his pond... Off he went, hippety-hop.

C. adj.

Having or moving with an uneven or hopping step or gait; characterized by a hippity-hop.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > uneven

hobbling1545

dot and go one1818

hirpling1821

hippity-hoppity1877

hippity-hop1888

1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Hippety-hop.., lame, limping in a very marked manner: applied to both man and beast.

1900 Unity (Chicago) 1 Nov. 142/1 Little birds... made the hippity-hop journey to his side.

1938 J. W. Paisley Ras Bravado xi. 134 They ain't goin' to have your hipity-hopity walkin' up there.

1990 D. M. Martin in D. M. Martin & P. Y. Sussman Committing Journalism (1993) iv. 221 Leg irons with a short connecting chain were attached to our ankles so that we could take only short hippety-hop steps.

2016 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 11 Mar. w29 Hippety hop rabbits.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hippity-hop
释义	hippity-hopn.adv.adj. Brit. /ˌhɪpᵻtɪˈhɒp/, U.S. /ˌhɪpədiˈhɑp/ Forms: 1800s– hippetty hop, 1800s– hippety hop, 1800s– hippity hop, 1900s– hipety hop, 1900s– hipity hop. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hip v.¹, -ety suffix, hop v.¹ Etymology: < hip v.¹ + -ety suffix + hop v.¹ Compare earlier hippity-hoppity v., hippity-hoppity adv. A. n. A hopping step, or series of steps; an uneven gait.Originally a child's phrase. Earliest as a nickname for a person who moves haltingly. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > in limping manner limpingly1579 haltingly1580 dot and go one1797 hippity-hop1845 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > limping haltingc1440 hipping1440 limphalting1549 claudication1555 limping1555 halt1599 limpingness1753 limp1818 hippity-hop1845 gimp1925 the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > limping haltingc1384 limpish1570 limping1599 claudicant1624 dot and go one1768 hilching1786 hippity-hop1845 dot and carry one1851 1845 M. J. McIntosh Cousins xii. 155 Perhaps it was this very appearance of timidity which attracted the notice of two rude boys, one of whom exclaimed, ‘Old Mother Hippity-Hop! Old Mother Hippity-Hop!’ 1860 Lewis' New Gymnastics 1 59/1 Have them..go around in little jumps; the ‘hipity-hop’ may be likewise introduced by way of variety. 1877 S. Powers Tribes of Calif. xxi. 212 Chasing one the other around the fire in a kind of hippity-hop. 1917 J. London Michael Brother of Jerry ii. 13 [He] raised himself upstanding on his one leg and hobbled, with his hippity-hop, to the beach. 1950 J. Dempsey Championship Fighting 58 Under no circumstances take any little half-step or hippity-hop. 2009 Star-News (Wilmington, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 6 May 1 d I am a springophile. The vernal equinox puts..a hippety-hop in my skippety-skip. B. adv. With an uneven or hopping step or gait. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adverb] > unevenly hobblingly1607 dot and go one1797 hippity-hoppity1825 hippity-hop1868 1868 H. C. Weeks Ainslee Stories iv. 49 Chickey..started forward, hippity hop, to the old place. 1919 L. M. Sweet Makin' o' Joe xxi. 295 So I started off, hippety-hop, on my errand o' love. 1998 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Apr. 419/1 We would..sing and dance and go hippity-hop up the street. 2002 M. Pearson Short & Shocking! 72 The wide-mouth toad-frog left his pond... Off he went, hippety-hop. C. adj. Having or moving with an uneven or hopping step or gait; characterized by a hippity-hop. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > uneven hobbling1545 dot and go one1818 hirpling1821 hippity-hoppity1877 hippity-hop1888 1888 F. T. Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk. Hippety-hop.., lame, limping in a very marked manner: applied to both man and beast. 1900 Unity (Chicago) 1 Nov. 142/1 Little birds... made the hippity-hop journey to his side. 1938 J. W. Paisley Ras Bravado xi. 134 They ain't goin' to have your hipity-hopity walkin' up there. 1990 D. M. Martin in D. M. Martin & P. Y. Sussman Committing Journalism (1993) iv. 221 Leg irons with a short connecting chain were attached to our ankles so that we could take only short hippety-hop steps. 2016 Philadelphia Inquirer (Nexis) 11 Mar. w29 Hippety hop rabbits. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.adj.1845
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