barhop
To drink at a number of bars during a single day or eveningTo drink at a number of bars during a single day or evening.
» They went out barhopping.
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1 senses(idiomatic, informal)To drink at a number of bars during a single day or evening.
Examples
2 sentencesThey went out barhopping.
Tom and his friends pretended to be Australian while barhopping to meet girls.
deTom und seine Freunde gaben sich auf ihrer Kneipentour, bei der es darum ging, Mädchen kennenzulernen, als Australier aus. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Origin
From bar (“drinking establishment”) + hop (“move rapidly between locations”).From bar (“drinking establishment”) + hop (“move rapidly between locations”).
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Forms
barhops, barhopping, barhopped, barhopped| Base form | barhop · to barhop |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | barhops |
| Present participle | barhopping |
| Past simple | barhopped |
| Past participle | barhopped |
irregular
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.