hop, skip, and a jump
or hop, skip, and jump
noun
a short distance: The laundry is just a hop, skip, and a jump away.
Origin of hop, skip, and a jump
First recorded in 1750–60
Words nearby hop, skip, and a jump
hop hornbeam,
hop into,
hop to it,
hop trefoil,
hop up,
hop, skip, and a jump,
hop, step, and jump,
hop-o'-my-thumb,
hop-picker,
hopak,
hopatcong
Idioms and Phrases with hop, skip, and a jump
hop, skip, and a jump
A short distance, as in It's just a hop, skip, and a jump from my house to yours. This expression, dating from the early 1700s, originally referred to an exercise or game involving these movements, but by the mid-1800s was also being used figuratively for the short distance so covered.