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grasshopping

grasshopping adjective: moving rapidly from one thing to another. Also the present participle of grasshop.

Adjective

grasshopping (not comparable)

  1. Moving rapidly from one thing to another.

Also used as

grasshopping is also the present participle of grasshop.

Origin of grasshopping

Back-formation from grasshopper, with -ing.

Questions about grasshopping

What does grasshopping mean?
Grasshopping means moving rapidly from one thing to another.
What part of speech is grasshopping?
Grasshopping is an adjective.

Words near grasshopping in the dictionary

  1. grasshoppered
  2. grasshoppering
  3. grasshopperish
  4. grasshopperlike
  5. grasshoppers
  6. grasshopping
  7. grasshops
  8. grasshouse
  9. grasshouses
  10. Grassia
  11. Grassias

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