hedgehop
verb (used without object)
to fly an airplane at a very low altitude, as for spraying crops or for low-level bombing in warfare.
Example Sentences
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The most eye-catching changes in the cars are second-story "astra domes" in which travelers can dine and get a hedgehopping bird's-eye view of the scenery.
From Time Magazine Archive
By 1948 production was down to 7,039 planes; three years later it was hedgehopping, with only 2,279 units worth $14 million.
From Time Magazine Archive
In ten years of bush flying, he has become an old hand at perilous uphill landings and downhill takeoffs, slalom-like runs to avoid wild pigs on the runways, hedgehopping to stay under hanging clouds.
From Time Magazine Archive
A mediocre low-altitude pursuit ship can give short shrift to a crack medium fighter caught hedgehopping.
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 Sheckley, Robert
