tittup

Questions about tittup

What does tittup mean?

tittup means "to walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others".

How many syllables are in tittup?

tittup has 2 syllables and divides as tit-tup under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tittup?

Close synonyms include swagger, ruffle, prance, strut, sashay. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tittup a common word?

tittup is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.