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English
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Compound of *hippity + hop, in turn from hip (a regional variant of hop) + -ety. Attested since the middle nineteenth century, with hippity-hoppity appearing somewhat earlier.
Adjective
hippity-hop (comparative more hippity-hop, superlative most hippity-hop)
- (childish) Moving by hopping, having an uneven gait.
1987, G. Bennett, Birdfinding in Canada, page 21: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.
- (figurative) Proceeding through uneven stages.
1976, Bill Hosokawa, Thunder in the Rockies: The Incredible Denver Post, page 133: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.
Adverb
hippity-hop (not comparable)
- (childish) Unevenly, with a hopping gait.
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:So he mounted the horse, which went hippity-hop, hippity-hop.
1938, Elizabeth Baker, Language Journeys with our Friends, page 109:Which show how the tortoise moved? hopped / waddled / scampered / scurried / plodded / ran hippity-hop / took one slow step after another
Usage notes
- Frequently used with the verb go: "He went hippity-hop all the way down the hill."
Noun
hippity-hop (plural hippity-hops)
- (childish) A hop
Verb
hippity-hop (third-person singular simple present hippity-hops, present participle hippity-hopping, simple past and past participle hippity-hopped)
- (childish) to hop.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
hippity-hop (uncountable)
- (humorous) hip-hop (music)
2006 June 16, Talysman the Ur-Beatle, “Bob Saget lieks teh hippity-hop”, in alt.religion.kibology (Usenet):I'm not much into teh hippity-hop like teh kids.