tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock
(verb) to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; “He struts around like a rooster in a hen house”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Probably imitative.
tittup (plural tittups)
A caper, or canter.
tittup (third-person singular simple present tittups, present participle tittuping or tittupping, simple past and past participle tittuped or tittupped)
(intransitive) To prance or frolic; of a horse, to canter easily.
Source: Wiktionary
Tit"tup, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tittuped or Tittupped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tittuping or Tittupping.] [Written also titup.] [Cf. Teeter.]
Definition: To behave or move in a lively or restless manner, as an impatient horse; to caper; to prance; to frisk. Kipling.
Tit"tup, n.
Definition: The act of tittuping; lively, gay, or restless behavior or gait; a prance or caper. [Written also titup.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 January 2025
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
