island-hopping

is·land-hop·ping

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ahy-luh nd hop-ing]
- /ˈaɪ lənd ˈhɒp ɪŋ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [ahy-luh nd hop-ing]
- /ˈaɪ lənd ˈhɒp ɪŋ/

Definitions of island-hopping word

verb without object island-hopping to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area. 1
noun island-hopping the military strategy, used by the Allies in World War II, of concentrating on Japanese islands which were not well defended 0
noun island-hopping the method by which Polynesians settled the Pacific islands (by making several journeys between islands) 0
noun island-hopping the method by which animals and plants become native to different islands (by drifting from one island to another) 0
noun island-hopping the visiting of many islands in succession, usually as part of a holiday 0
noun island-hopping (as modifier) 0

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Origin of island-hopping

First appearance:

before 1940

One of the 7% newest English words

First recorded in 1940-45

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Parts of speech for Island-hopping

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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island-hopping popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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