hippity hopとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

形容詞

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

1. (childish) Moving by hopping, having an uneven gait.
   • 1987, G. Bennett, Birdfinding in Canada‎^[1], page 21:

     There must be hundreds of them killed every summer day - and, it's no wonder when one observes the erratic, hippity-hop way they try to cross the road.

2. (figuratively) Proceeding through uneven stages.
   • 1976, Bill Hosokawa, Thunder in the Rockies: The Incredible Denver Post, page 133:

     In 1927, when United Air Lines began service over a hippity-hop route between San Francisco and Chicago, Cheyenne again rather than Denver was picked as a stop.

副詞

hippity-hop (not comparable)

1. (childish) Unevenly, with a hopping gait.
   • 1857, John Edward Taylor, “The Wild Man”, in The Fairy Ring: A Collection of Tales and Traditions, Translated from the German of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, page 101:

     So he mounted the horse, which went hippity-hop, hippity-hop.

   • 1938, Elizabeth Baker, Language Journeys with our Friends, page 109:

     Which show how the tortoise moved? hopped / waddled / scampered / scurried / plodded / ran hippity-hop / took one slow step after another

使用する際の注意点

• Frequently used with the verb go: "He went hippity-hop all the way down the hill."

名詞

hippity-hop (複数形 hippity-hops)

1. (childish) A hop

動詞

hippity-hop (三人称単数 現在形 hippity-hops, 現在分詞 hippity-hopping, 過去形および過去分詞形 hippity-hopped)

1. (childish) to hop.

関連する語

• hippity-hoppity

名詞

hippity-hop (uncountable)

1. (humorous) hip-hop (music)
   • 2006 June 16, Talysman the Ur-Beatle, “Bob Saget lieks teh hippity-hop”, in alt.religion.kibology‎^[2] (Usenet):

     I'm not much into teh hippity-hop like teh kids.