Hedgehop (Verb)
Meaning
Fly very close to the ground.
Classification
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming.
Examples
- The pilot learned to hedgehop during flight training, narrowly avoiding obstacles and trees.
- Low-flying birds hedgehop over fields in search of food, their wings beating rapidly to maintain balance.
- Flying close to the ground, the small planes hedgehop along the length of the runway before taking off.
- In an attempt to avoid enemy fire, the World War II pilots would hedgehop below radar detection.
- Crop dusters hedgehop over the fields, discharging fertilizers or pesticides with steady precision.