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hopping

[ hop-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

working energetically; busily engaged:
He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type (usually used in combination):
restaurant-hopping.

hopping

/ ˈhɒpɪŋ /

Origin of hopping¹

First recorded in 1665–75; hop ¹ + -ing ²

hopping mad, furious; enraged:
He was hopping mad when his daughter dropped out of college.

What happens when the young, rich characters bring their hard-partying, bed-hopping antics stateside?

Paris Hilton was just another party-hopping socialite until her then-boyfriend, Rick Salomon, released their sex tape.

Rep. Mark Sanford, the Appalachian trail-hopping ex-governor who now represents the city in Congress, spent the day in Washington.

Game of Thrones has its ever-sprawling cast and its continent-hopping locations.

It is made, as the label narrates “with traditional mash hopping and without wort boiling.”

“In just a minute,” replied the clerk, hopping around the other table to have Belle Ringold and her friends repeat their orders.

The exploring party started slowly down the rusty track, with the dog hopping happily on three legs.

And there, hopping about on a spray of beautiful apple blossoms, was another bird.

As the door opened in the side, I lay the rifle down, stood with crossed arms as the thin, hopping horrors came near.

The tall, graceful Schree warriors followed us into the cavern, and last of all came the two hopping Jivros.

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