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crow-hopping 
n. a horse's way of arching the back and making a series of stiff-legged little jumps as if about to buck.
See also: crowhop
- 1951 He ran sideways around the corral trying to scrape me off on the logs, made a poor job of crow-hopping, then stopped in his tracks and looked about him.
- 1960 He [a horse] gets his head roughly snapped back and has to settle for a little crow-hopping.
- 1951 He ran sideways around the corral trying to scrape me off on the logs, made a poor job of crow-hopping, then stopped in his tracks and looked about him.