crowhopping

Verb

crowhop (third-person singular simple present crowhops, present participle crowhopping, simple past and past participle 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

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