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barhop

American  
[bahr-hop] / ˈbɑrˌhɒp /

verb (used without object)

barhopped, barhopping
  1. Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.


Etymology

Origin of barhop

First recorded in 1945–50; bar 1 + hop 1

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“But I also like to barhop and see concerts. Why not keep a theater a theater and a church a church?“

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 28, 2021

It is disruptive that we can’t have parties or barhop or have normal school and work.

From Washington Times Jul. 27, 2020

Tan Vinh: Without fail, I always order a basket of wings when I barhop.

From Seattle Times Jan. 28, 2020

People who wanted to barhop favored other neighborhoods.

From Washington Post Mar. 12, 2018

The ever-stylish Drake McElroy busted a fresh seat-grab barhop, marking the first time that trick has been seen in competition.

From Time Magazine Archive

By day, they worked together on the rooftop patio; at night, they barhopped, laptops in tow.

From New York Times Feb. 4, 2024

But if you have barhopped or taken a bar break during a shopping spree, you might notice, as I have, that the eggnogs and other holiday standbys or variations of them have gotten better.

From Seattle Times Dec. 16, 2011

Whether fake-wrestling or barhopping with women or trying to psychologize each other, neither guy really knows what’s fun or illuminating anymore.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 11, 2025

The next night, I was barhopping the Sunset block in Silver Lake, when I bumped into him having dinner.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 16, 2024

Over the past decade, this enclave has morphed from a bunch of warehouses with little foot traffic to a hip barhopping area with a waitlist to get in during shorts-and-sandals season.

From Seattle Times Feb. 14, 2024

Perhaps pairing a strait-laced 22-year-old star with a 32-year-old barhopping quarterback three years removed from the NFL as roommates was not the best decision.

From Washington Post Apr. 15, 2022

Since the 19th century, shopping has been an animating pastime on the Lower East Side, but at some point well into the 21st, a frat-boy style of barhopping superseded it as the reigning recreation.

From New York Times Nov. 5, 2021

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