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▪ I. bar-hopping, n. Chiefly U.S. Brit. |ˈbɑːhɒpɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈbɑrˌhɑpɪŋ| [‹ bar n.1 + hopping n.1 Compare slightly later barhop v.] The practice or an instance of moving from bar to bar, spending only a short time drinking in each. Cf. barhop v.
1950Waterloo (Iowa) Daily Courier 22 Feb. 2/4 At midnight, the clock of St. Louis cathedral tolled the official end of a crazy-gay day of multi-hued parades, gay and whirling waltzes, indiscriminate kissing, and plain bar-hopping. 1960N.Y. Times 4 June 15/1 Many are alarmed by such post-prom activities as night-clubbing, bar-hopping, hot-rodding and weekend beach parties. 1986New Yorker 4 Aug. 84/2 After one night of barhopping, Cy and Pat left her asleep. 2003Variety 24 Mar. 27/5 Hardy looks more pumped for a night of barhopping than for the extended grilling of prisoners. ▪ II. bar-hopping, a. Chiefly U.S. Brit. |ˈbɑːhɒpɪŋ|, U.S. |ˈbɑrˌhɑpɪŋ| [‹ barhop v. + -ing suffix2.] attrib. That (habitually) goes bar-hopping.
1978Verbatim May 10/2 It may be true that some bar-hopping homosexuals..are joyless souls. 1989M. Dorris Broken Cord vii. 102 The famous bar-hopping grandmother on a toot. 1991Transpacific July–Aug. 48/2 The image of golf-playing, bar-hopping Japanese executives on unlimited expense accounts doesn't jive with the realities of life for most expatriates. 2000Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 19 July 306/2 Outbreaks that were not connected by specific source cases, but by common locations..or demographic groups (eg, barhopping homosexual men, transgendered persons). |