hippity-hop
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hippity-hop¹
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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 more hippity-hop · most hippity-hop · hippedy-hop · hippety-hop · hippity-hoppity
- Moving 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.
- Proceeding 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.
adverb hippedy-hop · hippety-hop · hippity-hoppity
- Unevenly, with a hopping gait. So he mounted the horse, which went hippity-hop, hippity-hop.
noun hippity-hops · hippedy-hop · hippety-hop · hippity-hoppity
- A hop
verb hippity-hops · hippity-hopping · hippity-hopped · hippedy-hop · hippety-hop
- to hop.
hippity-hop²
noun hippedy-hop · hippety-hop · hippity-hoppity
- hip-hop (music) I'm not much into teh hippity-hop like teh kids.
Talk about this word "hippity-hop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/hippity-hop. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. hippity-hop. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/hippity-hop "hippity-hop." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/hippity-hop.Cite this
@misc{hippity_hop_2026,
title = {hippity-hop},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hippity-hop},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
