tittup

3 definitions found

tittup - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tittup \Tit"tup\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tittupedor Tittupped;
     p. pr. & vb. n. Tittuping or Tittupping.] [Written also
     titup.] [Cf. Teeter.]
     To behave or move in a lively or restless manner, as an
     impatient horse; to caper; to prance; to frisk. --Kipling.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

  Tittup \Tit"tup\, n.
     The act of tittuping; lively, gay, or restless behavior or
     gait; a prance or caper. [Written also titup.]
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

tittup - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tittup
      v 1: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to
           impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen
           house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance,
           strut, sashay, cock]