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hilltopping

hilltopping is the alternative spelling of hill-topping.

Meaning of hill-topping

Noun

hill-topping (uncountable)

  1. A reproductive behaviour of butterflies and certain other insect species in which individuals congregate on hill tops in order to find partners and mate.
  2. The setting up of a temporary amateur radio station on a hill top.
  3. The act of watching a fox hunt from a hill top rather than taking part in the chase, or of following the hunt by moving from one high vantage point to another.

Questions about hilltopping

What is hilltopping the alternative spelling of?
Hilltopping is the alternative spelling of hill-topping.

Words near hilltopping in the dictionary

  1. Hillsville
  2. hilltop
  3. hilltop youth
  4. hilltopper
  5. hilltoppers
  6. hilltopping
  7. hilltops
  8. hilltown
  9. hilltowns
  10. hilltribe
  11. hilltribes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hilltopping (page history and authors); hill-topping (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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