DCHP-3

crow-hopping

DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)

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n.

a horse's way of arching the back and making a series of stiff-legged little jumps as if about to buck.

See: crowhop

Quotations

1951
He ran sideways around the corral trying to scrape me off on the logs, made a poor job of crow-hopping, then stopped in his tracks and looked about him.
1960
He [a horse] gets his head roughly snapped back and has to settle for a little crow-hopping.