tittup \TIT-uhp\, noun:
1. an exaggerated prancing, bouncing movement or manner of moving.verb:
1. to move, especially to walk, in an exaggerated prancing or bouncing way, as a spirited horse.Tittup came to English in the 1600s from the imitative sound of a horse's feet hitting the ground.
History
- Peace of Westphalia: marked the end of the Thirty Years' War, a series of European conflicts (1648)
- Annie Edson Taylor: seeking fame and fortune, the former schoolteacher became the first person to survive a trip over Niagara Falls in a barrel; she used a pickle barrel (1901)
- George Washington Bridge: upper level of the NY-NJ span opened; the lower level opened 31 years later (1931)
- Fair Labor Standards Act: the 1938 act that established the 40-hour work week in the US went into effect (1940)
- Toronto Blue Jays: became the first non-US team to win the World Series, downing the Atlanta Braves in 6 (1992)
- Sarah J. Hale 1788 - She wrote the poem "Mary Had A Little Lamb."
- Belva Lockwood 1830
- James Sherman 1855
- Molina Trujillo 1891
- Preston Foster 1900
- Moss Hart 1904
- Sonny Terry 1911
- Bob Kane 1915 (creator of Batman)
- Y.A. Tittle (NFL) 1926
- J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) 1930
- Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) 1936
- Santo Farina 1937
- F. Murray Abraham 1939
- J.P. Richardson 1930
- David Nelson 1936
- Jerry Edmonton (Steppenwolf) 1946
- Kevin Kline 1947
- Kweisi Mfume 1948
- B.D. Wong 1962
- Ben Gillies (Silverchair) 1979
- Monica 1980
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