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ALL meanings of island-hopping

is·land-hop·ping
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  • 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
  • verb island-hopping present participle of island-hop. 0
  • 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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