Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An African V-Shaped trap for game.

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Examples

  • In Guitar Hero , the hopo notes were colored slightly differently than regular notes.

    A Glimpse Into Harmonix's Punk-Rock Design Process 2007

  • Driving it up with shouts to the narrow part of the hopo, men secreted there throw their javelins into the affrighted herds, and on the animals rush to the opening presented at the converging hedges, and into the pit, till that is full of a living mass.

    Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

  • The hopo consists of two hedges in the form of the letter V, which are very high and thick near the angle.

    Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa 2004

  • A heaha la oukou i maka'u ai; a nolaila, ke hai aku nei wau ia oukou, ina i hopo oukou no kela malihini, alaila, e huna oukou i ko oukou mau maka i ke aouli, aia a lohe aku oukou ua lanakila o Ihuanu, alaila, hoomanao oukou i kuu puupuu ia Kanikapiha, ka ai a ke kumu i ao oleia ia oukou.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • [32] The Hopo is a funnel-shaped fence which encloses a considerable tract of country: a “drive” is organised, and animals of all descriptions are urged on till they become jammed together in the neck of the hopo, where they are speared to death or else destroyed in a number of pitfalls placed there for the purpose.

    The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874

  • The country is full of hopo-hedges, but the animals are harassed, and we never see them.

    The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874

  • If game was to be had, I should have hunted; but the hopo way of hunting prevails, and we pass miles of hedges by which many animals must have perished.

    The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874

  • In passing-through the forests it is surprising to see none but old footsteps of the game; but the hopo destruction accounts for its absence.

    The Last Journals of David Livingstone from 1865 to His Death Ed 1874

  • Presently there was a general and indiscriminate rush of all kinds of wild animals towards the narrow end of the hopo.

    The Gorilla Hunters 1859

  • But as Makarooroo's description is not remarkable for lucidity, I may explain here that the hopo, or trap, consists of two parts; one part may be termed the conducting hedges, the other the pit at their termination, and into which the game is driven.

    The Gorilla Hunters 1859

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  • How many hidden hopos could a hobbled hip-hop hippo hope to hippety-hop happily over?

    July 1, 2022

  • It's hard not to say hover at the hend :-/

    July 1, 2022