hopping

American  

[hop-ing] / ˈhɒp ɪŋ /

adjective

1. working energetically; busily engaged.

   He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.

2. going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type (usually used in combination).

   restaurant-hopping.

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idioms

1. hopping mad, furious; enraged.

   He was hopping mad when his daughter dropped out of college.

hopping British  

/ ˈhɒpɪŋ /

noun

1. the action of a person or animal that hops

2. dialect a fair, esp ( the Hoppings ) an annual fair in Newcastle

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adjective

1. in a terrible rage

Etymology

Origin of hopping

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

hopping

They then went island hopping eastwards across the Indonesian archipelago before doubling back to Lombok for a second stay.

From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026

Australia will reduce migration by curbing "visa hopping", tightening rules on students and working holiday makers as well as cracking down on overstayers, its interior minister said Thursday, as the far-right surges in the polls.

From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026

I will continue to wage this lonely battle as long as septuagenarian Angus Young is hopping around in schoolboy shorts.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Eagle-eyed fans then connected the dots to a resurfaced video from several months ago, which showed a fluffy white dog hopping out of one of Swift’s cars.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 7, 2026

I was lying there, feeling sorry for myself, and thinking about all that money down in the bottoms hopping around in those sycamore trees when Mama, Papa, and Daisy came into my room.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

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