Tittup [ˈti-təp] is an intransitive verb (there is no object to receive the action of the verb) and means “to move in a lively and jerky, or exaggerated, manner”. In 1862, William Makepeace Thackeray wrote of “a magnificent horse dancing, and tittupping.” The word is not common today but use it and turn a head or two. Thackeray is the author of Vanity Fair (1847), which I list among my top five novels.
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