to island hop
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- phrasal verb
- /ˈaɪlənd hɑp/
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island hopping
- I'd love to island hop all the way to Trinidad, spend the hurricane season there, and then come back.
- island-hopping in the Caribbean
Examples
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She loves to island hop from one resort to another in the Maldives.
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Or spend the day island hopping.
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I don't like the idea of you going off island-hopping with her.
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Their sea voyages were, essentially, island-hopping.
Fiction book (2002) -
He also considered heading south for some island hopping before catching winds to reach the southern coast of the United States.
Blog text (8) -
The bride and groom will spend the next 10 days island hopping in Hawaii and kicking the spare Rankin out of the house when they return.
Blog text (32) -
Also, I've tried numerous foods (some gross, some great), traveling to the Philippines to island hop, learning the Android App/Google Play software, and writing through a new website (Say Kimchi).
Blog text (23) -
Last summer, I spent my vacation island hopping in the beautiful Greek Isles.
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They decided to island hop during their holiday, visiting several stunning beaches.
Synonyms
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1.4
To make a short quick trip often by plane or car
Antonyms
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Morphology
The meaning 'to travel from one island to another' is directly compositional from 'island' (a landmass surrounded by water) and 'hop' (to make a short trip). The verb conveys a brief or successive movement between islands, a pattern that is cross-linguistically common and therefore readily inferable by a B1 learner who knows the constituents.
Etymology
Island hop comes from the picture of the words island and hop: someone hops from one island to the next, like jumping from stone to stone. So it means 'to travel from one island to another', often on holiday.