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hopping and popping

hopping and popping is the present participle and gerund of hop and pop.

Meaning of hop and pop

Verb

hop and pop (third-person singular simple present hops and pops, present participle hopping and popping, simple past and past participle hopped and popped)

  1. (slang) to jump from a plane at altitudes of 5000 ft and deploy the main parachute soon after.

Questions about hopping and popping

What is hopping and popping the present participle and gerund of?
Hopping and popping is the present participle and gerund of hop and pop.

Words near hopping and popping in the dictionary

  1. hoppin'
  2. Hoppin' John
  3. hoppiness
  4. hopping
  5. hopping about
  6. hopping and popping
  7. hopping Dick
  8. hopping Dicks
  9. hopping into
  10. hopping it
  11. hopping mad

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