island-hop

American  

[ahy-luhnd-hop] / ˈaɪ ləndˌhɒp /

verb (used without object)

island-hopped, island-hopping

1. to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.

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Etymology

Origin of island-hop

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

“There are species, especially of fish that prefer to live in a certain water depth, and they island-hop from one seamount to another,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 31, 2023

That would block the American military’s ability to island-hop and deploy forces quickly to Asia in the event of war, they said.

From New York Times • Feb. 12, 2022

He booked a $12,000 flight home on a charter jet owned by an oil executive and other private flights to island-hop in the Caribbean.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2018

Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen certainly feels this way, choosing instead to island-hop on his private playground Octopus, a $200 million, 416-foot megayacht.

From Forbes • Mar. 10, 2010

A few plucky vacationers have even used it to island-hop among the Bahamas.

From Time Magazine Archive