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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.


hedgehop British  
/ ˈhɛdʒˌhɒp /

verb

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of hedgehop

First recorded in 1910–15; hedge + hop 1


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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

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

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

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 Andrew Lang

Signal Corpsmen slung rolls of wire beside the wings, hedgehopped over the hills laying communications at 70 m.p.h.

From Time Magazine Archive

At first, they hedgehopped for short distances along the hillsides, depending on air currents deflected upward by the slopes to keep them aloft.

From Time Magazine Archive

A licensed pilot, Teddy hedgehopped into remote areas, helped swing Arizona and crack Johnson's solid front in New Mexico.

From Time Magazine Archive

To avoid Communist radar detection, he hedgehopped over the ground, never flew higher than 150 ft. throughout the entire 150-mile trip.

From Time Magazine Archive

Propelled by winds that gusted up to 100 m.p.h., the flames hedgehopped spiny ridges, leaped from tree to tree, jumped across streets from rooftop to rooftop.

From Time Magazine Archive

Rhee, too. had come to Suwon by air; his light observation plane had eluded a North Korean fighter only by hedgehopping.

From Time Magazine Archive

New York City's hedgehopping Mayor flew over the field, circled several times, winged off.

From Time Magazine Archive

General Ouane jumped into a light Beaver reconnaissance plane and circled the area, hedgehopping as low as the pilot dared.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then Eisenhower took Churchill hedgehopping in the helicopter along Lee's line of advance down the Cashtown Road, along the left flank of Pickett's charge, down the Union position from Cemetery Hill to Round Top.

From Time Magazine Archive

An observer would have seen it circle the bush, diving, hedgehopping, even looping, as if practicing all maneuvers possible to Sparrows.

From Keep Your Shape by Robert Sheckley

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