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bar-hopping

1 3.7

Visiting several bars in one night to drink and socialize

noun
/bɑr ˈhɑpɪŋ/

Informal

: ir de bares

Last night, we went bar-hopping downtown, visiting three different bars for drinks and fun.
a bar-hopping night
go bar-hopping

Examples

Then she turns up backstage, and they end up bar-hopping in the French Quarter.

Fiction book (1990)
Do a little bar hopping.

Deadfall (1993)
With nothing else to do, I was forced to go bar-hopping with Hicks.

Down to You (2000)
You'd just find someone like Sammi to go bar-hopping with.

Concrete Blondes (2013)
On weekends, many young adults enjoy bar-hopping to socialize with friends and explore new places.
After finishing dinner, they decided to go bar-hopping to celebrate the end of exams.

Synonyms

pub crawl

vsbar-hopping

Informal

4 6.8

A group visiting several pubs or bars and having a drink at each

is the informal activity of moving between many places for drinks in one night

booze cruising

vsbar-hopping

Informal

9.6

An activity of moving around while drinking alcohol with friends

is specifically about visiting several drinking places in one night for socializing

cocktailing

vsbar-hopping

6.0

Spending time talking and drinking cocktails at parties

is about going from place to place to drink and socialize in one night

Surface Forms

bar-hopping singular

bar-hoppings plural

Morphology

bar-hopping = bar-hop (transparent) = bar + hop + ing

The meaning is a straightforward gerund/participle of the verb 'bar-hop' (bar + hop), so learners who know 'bar' and 'hop' can infer the activity.

Etymology

Bar-hopping comes from joining bar and hop, where hop means 'a short jump'; imagine a frog jumping from one bar to the next, and you get the picture of visiting several bars in one night.