훌쩍훌쩍
★★★advanced부사 · adverb고유어 · native Korean word
Meaning
- 1.
in sips; at a gulp — A word imitating the sound or describing the motion of drinking up liquid, etc., in small quantities.
- 2.
sniff; sniffle; snivel — A word imitating the sound or describing the motion of inhaling through a runny nose continuously.
- 3.
snivel; sniffle — A word imitating the sound or describing the motion of weeping repeatedly while inhaling through a runny nose.
- 4.
lightly — A word describing the motion of many things or people jumping or flying lightly all together or one after another.
- 5.
by leaps and bounds; by large margins — A word describing the state of having grown much taller than the average.