Giddyup

//ˈɡɪdɪˌʌp// intj, verb

intj, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To cause a horse or similar mount to speed up.

    "If I could rule the world, everyone would have a gun / In the ghetto, of course, when giddy-upping on their horse"

  2. 2
    To start moving or move faster; to get a move on. broadly

    "But she just kept bopping up and down and telling me to giddyup, so that I had to turn and make my way properly on the stairs for fear of her pulling us both over."

Intj
  1. 1
    Move on!, go faster!

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Example

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"If I could rule the world, everyone would have a gun / In the ghetto, of course, when giddy-upping on their horse"

Etymology

From get up or get ye/thee up.

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