The activity of going from one bar or pub to another in a single outing, drinking at each stop.
See also: 飲み歩く
I like going on a pub crawl with friends on weekends.
We enjoyed barhopping in Shinjuku.
Standard kanji spelling.
Variant using 呑, which is a less common character for 'drink'.
Compound of 飲み (nomi, 'drinking', the continuative form of 飲む) and 歩き (aruki, 'walking', the continuative form of 歩く). Literally 'drink-walking'.