Standard Lemma guide

giddyup

intj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡɪdɪˌʌp/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡɪdɪˈʌp/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɡɪdiˌʌp/
  • rhymes with (one pronunciation) -ʌp

1

intj

Meaning 1

Move on!, go faster!

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: directed at a horse

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To cause a horse or similar mount to speed up.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To start moving or move faster; to get a move on.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From get up or get ye/thee up.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: يَالَلَا (yālalā) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Bashkir: на (na) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Catalan: arri — used to make a horse go faster
  • Catalan: arre — used to make a horse go faster
  • Chinese Mandarin: 駕 /驾 (jià) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Czech: hyjé — used to make a horse go faster
  • Dutch: hu — used to make a horse go faster
  • Dutch: hot — used to make a horse go faster
  • Dutch: hortsik — used to make a horse go faster
  • Esperanto: hot — used to make a horse go faster
  • Estonian: nõõ — used to make a horse go faster
  • Finnish: hopoti-hop — used to make a horse go faster
  • French: hue — used to make a horse go faster
  • Galician: arre — used to make a horse go faster
  • Galician: ei — used to make a horse go faster
  • German: hü — used to make a horse go faster
  • German: hüa — used to make a horse go faster
  • Greek: ντε (nte) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Hebrew: דִּיוֹ (diyō) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Hungarian: gyí — used to make a horse go faster
  • Ingrian: njoo — used to make a horse go faster
  • Italian: arri — used to make a horse go faster
  • Japanese: ワオ (wao) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Japanese: 進め (susume) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Japanese: はい (hai) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Korean: 워 (wo) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Korean: 이랴 (irya) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Latin: perge — used to make a horse go faster
  • Macedonian: ди (di) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Eastern Mari: кӱснеч (küsńeč) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Mongolian: чөх (čöx) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Norwegian Bokmål: hypp — used to make a horse go faster
  • Occitan: arri — used to make a horse go faster
  • Pannonian Rusyn: дї (dji) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Pannonian Rusyn: гайде (hajde) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Polish: wio — used to make a horse go faster
  • Portuguese: eia — used to make a horse go faster
  • Portuguese: upa — used to make a horse go faster
  • Portuguese: epa — used to make a horse go faster
  • Romanian: dii — used to make a horse go faster
  • Russian: но (no) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Russian: но́-о-о (nó-o-o) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Russian: гей (gej, hej) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Serbo-Croatian: ђи̏ха — used to make a horse go faster
  • Serbo-Croatian: ђи̏ја — used to make a horse go faster
  • Serbo-Croatian: đȉha — used to make a horse go faster
  • Serbo-Croatian: đȉja — used to make a horse go faster
  • Spanish: arre — used to make a horse go faster
  • Spanish: harre — used to make a horse go faster
  • Swedish: hoppla — used to make a horse go faster
  • Tagalog: hiya — used to make a horse go faster
  • Turkish: deh — used to make a horse go faster
  • Ukrainian: вйо (vjo) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Ukrainian: но (no) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Ukrainian: гей (hej) — used to make a horse go faster
  • Votic: nʹoo — used to make a horse go faster
  • Spanish: arrear — to urge into quicker motion
  • Spanish: harrear — to urge into quicker motion