gee-up, int.
(ˈdʒiːˈʌp)
Also gee-, je-hup.
[f. gee int.1 † hup int. (confused with up adv.).]
= gee int.1
| 1733 [see gee int.1]. 1769 Trinculo's Trip 29 Yates a Carter, without a je-hup. 1819 ‘R. Rabelais’ Abeillard & Heloisa 34 Cross Hounslow Heath, jee up! jee o! 1825 Sporting Mag. XVI. 332 A second ‘Gee up’ issued from behind a hedge. 1862 Thackeray Wks. (1872) X. 225 Gee-up, carter. 1888 J. Payn Myst. Mirbridge I. iii, Gee up, 'oss. |
Hence gee-(h)up v., intr. and trans., to say ‘gee-up’ (to), also (of a horse), to obey this call.
| 1752 Foote Taste ii. Wks. 1799 I. 19 May I..be tumbled from my phaeton the first time I jehup my sorrels. 1816 Scott Antiq. xvii, He was only apprized of the arrival of the Monkbarns division by the gee-hupping of the postilion. 1824 Blackw. Mag. Oct. 442 Mr. Bubb ge-hupp'd in vain, and strove to jirk the rein, Nobbs..wouldn't mend his pace. 1881 [see gee-ho v.]. 1888 Punch 21 Apr. 186/1 ‘Gee-up!’ he cried. The horse gee-up'd, To gallant G―'s joy. |