verb
grasshop
Grasshop (verb) means to jump about in an unpredictable way, like a grasshopper.
verb
1
To jump about in an unpredictable way, like a grasshopper.
"He had to grasshop her, using long poles cabled to a donkey-engine capstan. Slowly, laboriously the ship inched backward, her fireboxes glowing orange-red, the crack of blocks and the booming slam of her engines shattering the night."
— Charles Ryan, Phoenix Strike (2011)
"It grasshops over the grass and bounds skyward. A matron crams a fresh stick of gum into her mouth and chews her words up with it."
— Frank Crowninshield, Vanity Fair - Volume 43 (1935)
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Etymology
A back-formation from grasshopper.
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What is the meaning of grasshop?
"grasshop" (verb) means to jump about in an unpredictable way, like a grasshopper.
