To travel as a stowaway aboard a freight train on a railroad.

(colloquial) To alight.

to have numerous jobs in a short period of time

(intransitive) To travel from island to island in a certain area, especially as a tourist to visit numerous islands.

Alternative spelling of barhop

(informal) In a situation for which one is unprepared. / (informal) In a situation of change, especially from a known to an unknown state.

simple past tense and past participle of island-hop

(slang) An establishment where opium is smoked.

simple past tense and past participle of bed-hop

(transitive, idiomatic) To make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.); to soup up. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hop, up.