crowhop

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noun

A jumping manoeuvre performed by a horse in which it rounds the back upwards and makes a series of small hops with all four legs leaving the ground simultaneously.

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Meanings

nouncrowhop (plural crowhops)

plural crowhops

  1. A jumping manoeuvre performed by a horse in which it rounds the back upwards and makes a series of small hops with all four legs leaving the ground simultaneously.
verbcrowhop (third-person singular simple present crowhops, present participle crowhopping, simple past and past participle crowhopped)

present singular third person crowhops · participle present crowhopping · participle past crowhopped · past crowhopped

  1. To round the back upwards and make a series of small hops with all four legs leaving the ground simultaneously.

    The great beast went round and round the yard pig-rooting and crow-hopping and I hung on for dear life.

    1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 31

Origin

From crow (“the bird”) + hop (“to jump”).

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APA

crowhop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowhop

MLA

“crowhop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowhop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crowhop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crowhop.

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