table-hop

 [tey-buhl-hop]  

ta·ble-hop

   [tey-buhl-hop]
verb (used without object), ta·ble-hopped, ta·ble-hop·ping. Informal.
to move about in a restaurant, nightclub, or the like, chatting with people at various tables.
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Origin:
1940–45; table + hop1

Related forms
ta·ble-hop·per, noun
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table-hop definition


  1. in.
    to move from table to table in a restaurant, nightclub, bar, etc. : They would table-hop—to the great dismay of the waiters.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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