Meaning

(directed at a horse) Move on!, go faster!.

Definitions by Sense

1. (directed at a horse) Move on!, go faster!
2. To cause a horse or similar mount to speed up.
3. (by extension) To start moving or move faster; to get a move on.

Example Sentences

If I could rule the world, everyone would have a gun / In the ghetto, of course, when giddy-upping on their horse

Not expecting any traffic, he giddyuped them onto the main road.

But she just kept bopping up and down and telling me to giddyup, so that I had to turn and make my way properly on the stairs for fear of her pulling us both over.

“Yeah, been partying since I was fourteen, never thought I'd wind-up in a place like this,” I sat there for a moment in quiet reflection, “been high most of my life . . . on one thing or another . . . guess it's time I giddyuped and got going on this clean up my act thing, I've hit the break point . . . gotta' do something . . . do something or it's going to kill me."

Word Forms

• giddy-up
• giddy up
• gedup
• geddup
• giddap
• giddup
• giddyap
• giddyups
• giddyuping
• giddyupping
• giddyuped
• giddyupped

Synonyms for giddyup

Antonyms for giddyup

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When Should You Use Giddyup?

Use giddyup when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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