hippity-hoppity

Playful hopping motion

Hippity-hoppity describes a bouncy, hopping movement, often associated with rabbits or children skipping along: Here comes the Easter bunny, hippity-hoppity.

The playful reduplication emphasizes lighthearted, rhythmic motion.

Sometimes used as an exclamation announcing arrival or approach in a whimsical tone.

bunny

Easter

Resurrection commemoration day

Peter Rabbit · springtime · basket · egg hunt · fluffy · ears · whiskers · carrot · burrow · meadow

movement

skipping

Rhythmic hopping locomotion

springing · frolicking · bounding · jumping · gamboling · capering · light-footed · jaunty · playful · energetic

nursery

rhyme

Matching terminal sounds

lullaby · chant · playful · repetition · bedtime · toddler · whimsical · verse · preschool · silly

property

trespassing

Unauthorized presence on property

fence · boundary · land · humor · meme · sign · joke · shotgun · rural · territory

Opposites
movement quality

hippity-hoppitysmooth

Without roughness or difficulty

gliding · plodding · trudging · lumbering · flowing

tone/register

hippity-hoppitydignified

Composed and respectable

stately · formal · solemn · serious · grave

Family

hippy, hoppy, hopped, hopping, hopper, hippie

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G