hippity-hop

Meaning

1. to hop.
2. Moving by hopping, having an uneven gait.
3. A hop
4. hip-hop (music)
5. Unevenly, with a hopping gait.
6. Proceeding through uneven stages.

Etymology / origin

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.

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