Hippity-hoppity
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 Alternative form of hippity-hop. alt-of, alternative
"Just imagine Mr. Bird, with his poor sciatic leg, standing at the head of State Street with a bucket of water in one hand and a little engine in the other, and see him, when the telegraph strikes an alarm, starting off with all his might, hippity, hoppity, almost two miles an hour, for a fire which may be one or five miles away !"
Example
More examples"Just imagine Mr. Bird, with his poor sciatic leg, standing at the head of State Street with a bucket of water in one hand and a little engine in the other, and see him, when the telegraph strikes an alarm, starting off with all his might, hippity, hoppity, almost two miles an hour, for a fire which may be one or five miles away !"
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