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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others; "He struts around like a rooster in a hen house" [syn: tittup, swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay, cock]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: imitative of the sound of a horse's hooves Date: 1703 lively, gay, or restless behavior II. intransitive verb (-tupped or -tuped; -tupping or -tuping) Date: 1785 to move in a lively manner often with an exaggerated or affected action

Oxford Reference Dictionary

v. & n. --v.intr. (tittuped, tittuping or tittupped, tittupping) go about friskily or jerkily; bob up and down; canter. --n. such a gait or movement. Etymology: perh. imit. of hoof-beats

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tittup Tit"tup, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tittupedor Tittupped; p. pr. & vb. n. Tittuping or Tittupping.] [Written also titup.] [Cf. Teeter.] To behave or move in a lively or restless manner, as an impatient horse; to caper; to prance; to frisk. --Kipling.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tittup Tit"tup, n. The act of tittuping; lively, gay, or restless behavior or gait; a prance or caper. [Written also titup.]

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A gentle hand gallop, or canter.