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bunny hop

bunny hop · bunny hops

A dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga, in which dancers made small…A dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga, in which dancers made small jumps with feet together.

» The bunnies hop through the meadow.

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Meaning

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(US, idiomatic)A dance from the big band era, a variation of the conga, in which dancers made small jumps with feet together.
A jump made where both wheels leave the ground.
A ground ball that hops along the field instead of rolling.
The first baseman misplays the bunny hop, so all runners are safe.
An exercise whereby the person crouches on their haunches and then extends their legs and springs up, jumping vertically into the air like a rabbit hopping.