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spy hop

spy hop is the alternative form of spyhop.

Meaning of spyhop

Noun

spyhop (plural spyhops)

  1. The action of raising the front half of the body out of the sea in a controlled manner.
    • In a more vigorous spyhop, the pectorals are exposed but are rarely brought completely out of the water. On occasion a whale respires during a spyhop.1986, Barbara C. Kirkevold, Joan S. Lockard, Behavioral Biology of Killer Whales, A.R. Liss, page 153
    Synonyms:
    eye-out, head rise

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Forms of spy hop

Noun
pluralspy hops
Verb
third-person singular presentspy hops
present participlespy hopping
past participlespy hopped
pastspy hopped

Questions about spy hop

What is spy hop the alternative form of?
Spy hop is the alternative form of spyhop.

Words near spy hop in the dictionary

  1. SPX
  2. spy
  3. spy cop
  4. spy cops
  5. spy dust
  6. spy hop
  7. spy hopped
  8. spy hopping
  9. spy hoppings
  10. spy hops
  11. spy money

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