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Meaning of hippity-hop | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. Moving by hopping, having an uneven gait.
    childish
  2. Proceeding through uneven stages.
    figuratively

Examples

“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.”
“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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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