island hop
verb[IorT]
(alsoisland-hop)uk/ˈaɪ.lənd ˌhɒp/us/ˈaɪ.lənd ˌhɑːp/-pp-totravelto differentislandsor from oneislandto another in anareawhen onholiday:
The Bahamas is agreatplacetoislandhopand get aflavourof the differentislands.
For the last fewweeksI've beenislandhoppingin the Aegean.
They are island-hoppingtheirway around Indonesia.
- TheybegintheirtravelsaroundBritainatitsnorthern-mosttiponShetland, thenislandhopsouthto the Orkneys.
- Inordertoislandhop, you must get togripswith thetimetableirregularitiesof thelocalferries.
- There is astringof pine-cladislandson which it'spossibleto island-hop up thecoast.
- You've island-hopped the Caribbean—where to next?
Travelling
- around Robin Hood's barnidiom
- backpack
- bag drop
- bourne
- bum
- bum around
- bump
- communication
- commuting
- connection
- gad about/around(somewhere)
- hitchhike
- move
- peripatetic
- shuttle
- swan
- tootle
- tour
- visa
- well travelled
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island hop
noun[C]
(alsoisland-hop)uk/ˈaɪ.lənd ˌhɒp/us/ˈaɪ.lənd ˌhɑːp/atripbetween differentislandsor from oneislandto another in anarea:
岛屿游Thecompanyoperatesafleetof eightaircraftandorganizesislandhopsaround thearchipelago.
- Anislandhoptook her to Maui.
- This two-weekrouteis as much adrivingtripas an island-hop.
Journeys
- adventure
- break-journey
- carpool
- carpooling
- circumnavigation
- commuting
- expedition
- field trip
- grand tour
- jaunt
- journey
- layover
- odyssey
- outward-bound
- ride
- round trip
- sail
- stopover
- trip
- wanderings
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