bar hopping

Meaning

1. 1noununcountableinformal

   The activity of going to several bars one after another in a single evening, having a drink in each.

   Grammar: Usually uncountable and often follows go: we went bar hopping, not went a bar hopping.

   Patterns

   • go bar hopping
   • spend the night bar hopping

   We went bar hopping downtown after the concert.

   Bar hopping is a popular way to see a new city at night.

   They spent the weekend bar hopping with friends from college.

Common combinations

go bar hopping

Let's go bar hopping on Friday night.

spend the night bar hopping

They spent the night bar hopping in the old town.

bar hopping with friends

She loves bar hopping with friends after work.

bar hopping tour

The hotel offers a bar hopping tour of the harbor district.

go out bar hopping

We went out bar hopping to celebrate his birthday.

Synonyms and how they differ

pub crawl

Pub crawl is the usual British phrase for the same activity and often implies a planned route.

bar crawl

Bar crawl is a close variant that suggests an organized, sometimes large-group event.

going out

Going out is much more general, and does not state that you visit several bars.

Opposites

Word family

bar noun

a place where drinks are served

hop verb

to move quickly from one place to another

bar-hop verb

to go to several bars in one evening

barfly noun

informal term for someone who spends a lot of time in bars

Commonly confused: bar hopping or island hopping?

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