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barhopping

barhopping is the present participle and gerund of barhop.

Meaning of barhop

Verb

barhop (third-person singular simple present barhops, present participle barhopping, simple past and past participle barhopped)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To drink at a number of bars during a single day or evening.
    • If you came in thinking masculinity was inherently hostile to women, you were very likely to pick up hostility from this professor—not because it was there, but because the guylike behaviors of liking sports, barhopping, watching action movies, talking about cars, and such were all deeply ingrained...2009, David Ellis Dickerson, House of Cards

Noun

barhopping (usually uncountable, plural barhoppings)

  1. (informal, usually) The act of drinking at a number of bars during a single day or evening.

Forms of barhopping

pluralbarhoppings

Questions about barhopping

What does barhopping mean?
Barhopping means the act of drinking at a number of bars during a single day or evening.
What is barhopping the present participle and gerund of?
Barhopping is the present participle and gerund of barhop.
What part of speech is barhopping?
Barhopping is a noun.
What is the plural of barhopping?
The plural of barhopping is barhoppings.

Words near barhopping in the dictionary

  1. Barhams
  2. barhop
  3. barhopped
  4. barhopper
  5. barhoppers
  6. barhopping
  7. barhoppings
  8. barhops
  9. Barhorst
  10. Barhorsts
  11. bari

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