hop, step, and jump

noun Track.

triple jump.

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Origin of hop, step, and jump

First recorded in 1710–20

Words nearby hop, step, and jump

hop into, hop to it, hop trefoil, hop up, hop, skip, and a jump, hop, step, and jump, hop-o'-my-thumb, hop-picker, hopak, hopatcong, hope

British Dictionary definitions for hop, step, and jump

hop, step, and jump

noun

an older term for triple jump

Also called: hop, skip, and jump a short distancethe shops are only a hop, step, and jump from our house

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