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hop a freight

hop a freight verb: to travel as a stowaway aboard a freight train on a railroad.

Verb

hop a freight (third-person singular simple present hops a freight, present participle hopping a freight, simple past and past participle hopped a freight)

  1. To travel as a stowaway aboard a freight train on a railroad.
    • Never hop a freight, for nothing quite heals
      The wound received under grinding wheels.1915 April, Edward L. Tinker, ““Nevers” for Children”, in The Mediator, volume 7, number 4, Cleveland, page 12
    Synonyms:
    hop freight

Synonyms of hop a freight

Forms of hop a freight

third-person singular presenthops a freight
present participlehopping a freight
past participlehopped a freight
pasthopped a freight

Questions about hop a freight

What does hop a freight mean?
Hop a freight means to travel as a stowaway aboard a freight train on a railroad.
What part of speech is hop a freight?
Hop a freight is a verb.
What is the past tense of hop a freight?
The past tense of hop a freight is hopped a freight.

Words near hop a freight in the dictionary

  1. hooves
  2. hooving
  3. hoowee
  4. hooyah
  5. hop
  6. hop a freight
  7. hop about
  8. hop and bop
  9. hop and pop
  10. hop clover
  11. hop dog

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