hop

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/ hɒp /

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verb (used without object), hopped, hop·ping.

to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.

to spring or leap on one foot.

Informal. to make a short, quick trip, especially in an airplane: He hopped up to Boston for the day.

Informal. to travel or move frequently from one place or situation to another (usually used in combination): to island-hop;to job-hop.

Older Use: Informal. to dance.

verb (used with object), hopped, hop·ping.

to jump over; clear with a hop: The sheep hopped the fence.

Informal. to board or get onto a vehicle: to hop a plane.

Informal. to cross in an airplane: We hopped the Atlantic in five hours.

noun

an act of hopping; short leap.

a leap on one foot.

a journey, especially a short trip by air.

Older Use: Informal. a dance or dancing party.

a bounce or rebound of a moving object, as a ball: She caught the ball on the first hop.

OTHER WORDS FOR hop

1 jump, spring, bound.

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Idioms about hop

hop to it, Informal. to begin to move, become active, or do something immediately: You'd better hop to it if you intend to buy groceries before the market closes.Also hop to.

Origin of hop

First recorded before 1000; Middle English verb hoppen, Old English hoppian; cognate with German hopfen, Old Norse hoppa

OTHER WORDS FROM hop

hop·ping·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hop

hop , jump, skip

Words nearby hop

Hoover, Herbert, Hoover, J. Edgar, Hooverville, Hoovervilles, hooves, hop, hopak, Hopatcong, hop clover, hope, hope against hope

Other definitions for hop (2 of 2)

hop²

[ hop ]

/ hɒp /

noun

any twining plant of the genus Humulus, bearing male flowers in loose clusters and female flowers in conelike forms.

hops, the dried ripe cones of the female flowers of this plant, used in brewing, medicine, etc.

Older Slang. a narcotic drug, especially opium.

verb (used with object), hopped, hop·ping.

to treat or flavor with hops.

Verb Phrases

hop up, Slang.

to excite; make enthusiastic: They hopped the crowd up with fiery speeches.
to add to the power of: The kids hopped up the motor of their jalopy.
to stimulate by narcotics.

Origin of hop

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe (Dutch hop ); cognate with Old High German hopfo (German Hopfen )

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use hop in a sentence

Almost all of the nation’s beer hops—and roughly 40 percent of all hops in the world—are grown by about 75 farms in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, many of them owned by families who have farmed hops for four or five generations.
How Hops Became the Star of American Brewing|Christopher Solomon|October 7, 2020|Outside Online
Although many people like hops in beer, the team said, growing actual hops requires enormous amounts of water and energy, which makes the taste highly variable between crops.
How Machine Learning Made Hops-Free Hoppy Beer (and Other SynBio Wonders) Possible|Shelly Fan|October 6, 2020|Singularity Hub
Even though we wanted to go to the sock hop and party and do all those things and go to the circus like any other kid, we were exposed to other things.
Getting to the Dance With Debbie Allen|Eugene Robinson|October 5, 2020|Ozy
At each location, the team measured the concentrations of four aroma glycosides in each hop cultivar.
How does a crop’s environment shape a food’s smell and taste?|Carolyn Beans|September 10, 2020|Science News

Breeding hop varieties to have lower concentrations could diminish the “beer creep” problem faced by large-volume craft brewers who distribute their beer over long distances.
How does a crop’s environment shape a food’s smell and taste?|Carolyn Beans|September 10, 2020|Science News
“I think the types of stories we do are very similar to what happened with hip-hop,” says Jones.
‘Black Dynamite’ Presents Police Brutality: The Musical|Stereo Williams|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
So here I am in my requisite Lululemon pants, grunting along to an old hip-hop song at a most ungodly hour.
How Taryn Toomey’s ‘The Class’ Became New York’s Latest Fitness Craze|Lizzie Crocker|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This was a guy from the hip-hop generation and with a perspective that was inextricably linked to that generation.
Remembering ESPN’s Sly, Cocky, and Cool Anchor Stuart Scott|Stereo Williams|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I asked her how her trainers, born and raised in Iran, have learned how to teach hip-hop.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
She attends hip-hop and belly dance classes (known as Arabic dance in Iran) just to shine more at parties.
Iran’s Becoming a Footloose Nation as Dance Lessons Spread|IranWire|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST
What more could one desire of him, I pray, Than just to hop around and stand for K?
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
The Kangaroo can hop and hop and hop; Somehow he never seems to want to stop.
Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)|Various
He skirted the place with a quick goosey hop, stumbled a little and felt panic, but made it all right to the office.
We're Friends, Now|Henry Hasse
Jehosophat wished he were as small as Hop-o'-my-Thumb, so that he could creep through the keyhole and never be seen at all.
Seven O'Clock Stories|Robert Gordon Anderson
The first hop took it to the top of the pew; the second perched it on the shoulder of the stoutest lady.
Eric, or Little by Little|Frederic W. Farrar

British Dictionary definitions for hop (1 of 2)

hop¹

/ (hɒp) /

verb hops, hopping or hopped

(intr) to make a jump forwards or upwards, esp on one foot

(intr) (esp of frogs, birds, rabbits, etc) to move forwards in short jumps

(tr) to jump overhe hopped the hedge

(intr) informal to move or proceed quickly (in, on, out of, etc)hop on a bus

(tr) informal to cross (an ocean) in an aircraftthey hopped the Atlantic in seven hours

(tr) US and Canadian informal to travel by means of (an aircraft, bus, etc)he hopped a train to Chicago

US and Canadian to bounce or cause to bouncehe hopped the flat stone over the lake's surface

(intr) US and Canadian informal to begin intense activity, esp work

(intr) another word for limp 1

hop it or hop off British slang to go away

noun

the act or an instance of hopping

old-fashioned, informal a dance, esp one at which popular music is playedwe're all going to the school hop tonight

informal a trip, esp in an aircraft

US a bounce, as of a ball

on the hop informal

active or busy
British unawares or unpreparedthe new ruling caught me on the hop

Word Origin for hop

Old English hoppian; related to Old Norse hoppa to hop, Middle Low German hupfen

British Dictionary definitions for hop (2 of 2)

hop²

/ (hɒp) /

noun

any climbing plant of the N temperate genus Humulus, esp H. lupulus, which has green conelike female flowers and clusters of small male flowers: family Cannabiaceae (or Cannabidaceae)See also hops

hop garden a field of hops

obsolete, slang opium or any other narcotic drug

Word Origin for hop

C15: from Middle Dutch hoppe; related to Old High German hopfo, Norwegian hupp tassel

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hop

In addition to the idioms beginning with hope

hope against hope
hope springs eternal
hop to it
hop up

also see:

mad as a hornet (hops)

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