hilltopping

hill·top

[hil-top] noun, verb, hill·topped, hill·top·ping.
noun
1.
the top or summit of a hill.
verb (used without object)
2.
Fox Hunting.
a.
to follow the progress of a hunt on horseback but without jumping.
b.
to follow the hunt on foot or in an automobile.

Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English. See hill, top1

hill·top·per, noun
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hilltop

noun
the peak of a hill; "the sun set behind the brow of distant hills" 
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Hilltopping is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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