hippity-hoppity

English

Adverb

hippity-hoppity (comparative more hippity-hoppity, superlative most hippity-hoppity)

1. Alternative form of hippity-hop
   • 1873, Joseph W. Bird, Protection Against Fire, and the Best Means of Putting Out Fires in Cities, Towns, and Villages, page 70:

     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 !