hedgehop

American  

[hej-hop] / ˈhɛdʒˌhɒp /

verb (used without object)

hedgehopped, hedgehopping

1. to fly an airplane at a very low altitude, as for spraying crops or for low-level bombing in warfare.

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hedgehop British  

/ ˈhɛdʒˌhɒp /

verb

1. (intr) (of an aircraft) to fly close to the ground, as in crop spraying

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Other Word Forms

• hedgehopper noun
• hedgehopping noun

Etymology

Origin of hedgehop

First recorded in 1910–15; hedge + hop ¹

Example Sentences

Popescu's two-hour, 300-mile hedgehop from the Rumanian town of Arad to Feldbach, an Austrian village ten miles inside the Austro-Hungarian frontier, in a single-engine Antonov2 biplane was almost flight-plan perfect.

From Time Magazine Archive

Joe Walker was barely off the ground when Zeros attacked, forced him to hedgehop across tea plantations to escape into the mountains.

From Time Magazine Archive

There are Anglo-American kites, like reproductions of clipper ships and World War I Sopwiths and Fokkers, and the two-string Peter Powell, that can loop the loop, hedgehop, do dipsy doodles, roller coasters and figure eights.

From Time Magazine Archive

The hedgehop said no more, and pretended to be satisfied; but when some days had gone by he woke the jackal, who was sleeping soundly after a hunt which had lasted several hours.

From The Orange Fairy Book by Lang, Andrew