hippety-hop
adverb (or adjective)hip·pe·ty-hop
variants:
or hippity-hop \ ¦hipətē¦häp \ or hippety-hoppety or hippity-hoppity \ -äpətē \
Definition of hippety-hop
: with a hopping rhythm or motion
the rabbit went hippety-hop across the lawn rising and falling in their saddles, with a hippity-hop motion— Laura Krey
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