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Definition of giddy-up exclamation from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

giddy-up

exclamation

/ˌɡɪdi ˈʌp/

/ˌɡɪdi ˈʌp/

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used as a command to a horse to make it go faster
Word Origin1920s (originally US as giddap): reproducing a pronunciation of get up.

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