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crowhop en · NOUN

Etymology

From crow (“the bird”) + hop (“to jump”).

Meanings

1. A jumping manoeuvre performed by a horse in which it rounds the back upwards and makes a series of small hops with all four legs leaving the ground simultaneously.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
crowhops	Number=Plur		lexicographic

crowhop en · VERB

Etymology

From crow (“the bird”) + hop (“to jump”).

Meanings

1. (of a horse or other steed) To round the back upwards and make a series of small hops with all four legs leaving the ground simultaneously.
   • The great beast went round and round the yard pig-rooting and crow-hopping and I hung on for dear life. 1933, Frank Clune, Try Anything Once, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 31:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
crowhopping	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
crowhopped	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part		lexicographic
crowhopped	Tense=Past		lexicographic
crowhops	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres		lexicographic