hopping
Americanadjective
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working energetically; busily engaged.
He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
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going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type (usually used in combination).
restaurant-hopping.
idioms
noun
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the action of a person or animal that hops
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dialect a fair, esp ( the Hoppings ) an annual fair in Newcastle
adjective
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If you spend three hours catching up over dinner instead of hopping between bars, are you participating less in nightlife?
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
Hours later, the 25-year-old university student was hopping onto the back of a truck full of other young men, headed for the Spanish territory of Ceuta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
The surf’s up, a chocolate-covered-banana stand is hopping and a washed-up Elvis-like rock star named Johnny Falstaff is trailing chaos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
The bison then repeatedly flops on its side in an agitated fashion before hopping to its feet.
From BBC ● Jul. 13, 2026
They seem to be such nervous little birds and are always hopping around and making a racket.
From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls
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