Joyhop

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A flight taken for pleasure.

    "He was ready to demonstrate it last month when his test pilot, Marshall S. ("Maury") Boggs, who had made innumerable blind landings, crashed to death in broad daylight on a joyhop in California."

Verb
  1. 1
    To fly for pleasure.

Example

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"He was ready to demonstrate it last month when his test pilot, Marshall S. ("Maury") Boggs, who had made innumerable blind landings, crashed to death in broad daylight on a joyhop in California."

Etymology

From joy + hop.

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