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constant aanwezige bedreiging tussen de V.S. en USSR die een kernoorlog voorkwam (beide landen hadden de mogelijkheid elkaar totaal te vernietigen)--------MAD (Mutual Assured Destruction)1 gek ⇒ krankzinnig, waanzinnig2 dwaas ⇒ mal, onzinnig5 hondsdol♦voorbeelden:drive/send someone mad • iemand gek/dol maken(run) like mad • (rennen) als een gek/bezetenethey're having a mad time • het gaat er vrolijk aan toe4 make a mad run for … • als een gek rennen naar …II 〈 bijvoeglijk naamwoord, predicatief〉♦voorbeelden:mad with pain • buiten zichzelf van pijn
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Hopping — may refer to:* Hopping, an alternative term for jumping, especially on one foot * Hopping, the use of hops in brewing beer * Freighthopping, the act of surreptitiously hitching a ride on a railroad freight car * Island hopping, crossing an ocean… … Wikipedia
hopping — noun pass quickly from one place to another: → hop hopping adjective informal, chiefly N. Amer. very active or lively. Phrases hopping mad informal extremely angry … English new terms dictionary
-hopping — combining form 1. Denoting: making quick journeys between, usu by air, as in island hopping 2. (of an aircraft) skimming, as in hedge hopping • • • Main Entry: ↑hop … Useful english dictionary
Hopping — Hop ping, n. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. [1913 Webster] {Hopping Dick} (Zo[ o]l.), a thrush of Jamaica ({Merula leucogenys}), resembling the English blackbird in its familiar manners, agreeable song,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hopping — [häp′iŋ] adj. very busy or active adv. very agitatedly or violently: chiefly in the phrase hopping mad, extremely angry … English World dictionary
Hopping — Hop ping, n. [See 3rd {Hop}.] A gathering of hops. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Hopping — Họp|ping 〈n.; od. s; unz.; meist in Zus.; umg.〉 rascher, häufiger Wechsel (ÄrzteHopping, DiscoHopping, InselHopping, JobHopping, (Kranken )KassenHopping) ● ein Hopping zwischen Kunst und Unterhaltung [engl., zu hop „hüpfen“] … Universal-Lexikon
hopping — /hop ing/, adj. 1. working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished. 2. going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type (usually used in combination): restaurant hopping … Universalium
hopping — I. adverb Date: 1675 extremely, violently used in the phrase hopping mad II. adjective Date: 1785 1. intensely active ; busy < they kept us hopping > 2. extremely angry III … New Collegiate Dictionary
Hopping — Hop Hop (h[o^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hopped} (h[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hopping} (h[o^]p p[i^]ng).] [OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. h[ u]pfen.] 1. To move by successive leaps … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hopping — adv. Hopping is used with these adjectives: ↑mad … Collocations dictionary