hedgehop

present singular third person hedgehops · participle present hedgehopping · participle past hedgehopped · past hedgehopped

1. intransitiveOf an aircraft: to fly very close to the ground, such that evasive manoeuvres need to be taken to avoid obstacles.
2. intransitiveOf birds: to move along the line of a hedge; to move by flying from one hedge, bush, or the like, to another close by.

   Gluttonous, hoarding jay; he should have hedge-hopped and lurched from tree to tree in his usual furtive manner.

   1967, J. A. Baker, The Peregrine, page 41

3. intransitiveOf people: to run and jump over a series of hedges, fences, etc., as a pastime.