hippity

副词 adv.

英文释义

副词 adv.
  1. Unevenly; by hopping. informal
    — “W’at’ll de rab’its do w’en de pile am burnin’?” ¶ “Dey’ll jes hippity, skippity, an’ git hout, an’ now min’ I w’at tell yer,” replied the old negro.

词形变化

more hippity comparative most hippity superlative

词源

Fanciful extension hip, a regional variant of hop, with the expressive suffix -ity. Attested since the nineteenth century.
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