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joyhop

noun

Etymology

From joy + hop.

  1. derived from *kewb-✻ — “to bend, bow”
  2. inherited from *huppōną✻ — “to hop”
  3. inherited from *huppōn✻
  4. inherited from hoppian — “to hop, spring, leap, dance”
  5. inherited from hoppen
  6. compounded as joyhop — “joy + hop”

Definitions

  1. A flight taken for pleasure.

    • He was ready to demonstrate it last month when his test pilot, Marshall S. ("Maury") Boggs, who had made innumerable blind landings, crashed to death in broad daylight on a joyhop in California.
    • Compared to making both ends of the country meet back in those days, flying the “Hump” was just a joyhop.

  2. To fly for pleasure.

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