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• clod|hop|ping — «KLOD HOP ihng», adjective. Informal. boorish; oafish: »The clodhopping philistine…had never heard of little grey cells, fine food, or psychology (Punch) …   Useful english dictionary

• swan-hop|ping — «SWON HOP ihng, SWN », noun. = swan upping. (Cf. ↑swan upping) …   Useful english dictionary

• ping — clip·ping·ly; clod·hop·ping; cop·ping; dip·ping·ly; drop·ping·ly; en·trap·ping·ly; hop·ping·ly; im·ping·er; knap·ping; ku·ping; milk·sop·ping; or·ping·ton; pei·ping; rip·ping; rip·ping·ly; rue·ping; schap·ping; skip·ping·ly; snap·ping·ly;… …   English syllables

• hop — car·hop; cat·hop; clod·hop·per; clod·hop·per·ish; clod·hop·ping; grass·hop; hop; Hop·cal·ite; hop·er; hop·ing·ly; hop·kins·ian·ism; hop·lite; hop·lo·car·i·da; hop·lo·ceph·a·lus; hop·lo·nemertea; hop·lo·nemertini; hop·lo·pho·ne·us; hop·per·doz·er; …   English syllables

• hop — I [[t]hɒp[/t]] v. hopped, hop•ping, n. 1) anb to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground, as a rabbit 2) to leap on one foot 3) inf to make a short, quick trip, esp. in an airplane 4) cvb inf to travel or move… …   From formal English to slang

• Hop (telecommunications) — In telecommunication, the term hop has the following meanings: #The excursion of a radio wave from the Earth to the ionosphere and back to the Earth. The number of hops indicates the number of reflections from the ionosphere. #A similar excursion …   Wikipedia

• hedge-hop — hedgeˈ hop intransitive verb (informal) To fly low in an aircraft as if hopping over hedges • • • Main Entry: ↑hedge * * * hedge hop or hedge|hop «HEHJ HOP», transitive verb, intransitive verb, hopped, hop|ping. to fly (an airplane) very low over …   Useful english dictionary

• hip|pe|ty-hop — «HIHP uh tee HOP», adverb, adjective, verb, hopped, hop|ping. Informal. –adv., adj. with a hopping or springing motion: »to go hippety hop down the street (adv.); a hippety hop stride (adj.). –v.i. to go hippety hop: »I noticed great activity at… …   Useful english dictionary

• hedge|hop — hedge hop or hedge|hop «HEHJ HOP», transitive verb, intransitive verb, hopped, hop|ping. to fly (an airplane) very low over the ground, especially in short, repeated flights, as for dusting crops or bombing: »He gunned the left engine and… …   Useful english dictionary

• hedge´hop´per — hedge hop or hedge|hop «HEHJ HOP», transitive verb, intransitive verb, hopped, hop|ping. to fly (an airplane) very low over the ground, especially in short, repeated flights, as for dusting crops or bombing: »He gunned the left engine and… …   Useful english dictionary