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hop
1[ hop ]
verb (used without object)
- to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.
Synonyms: , ,
- 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)
- 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.
hop
2[ hop ]
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)
- to treat or flavor with hops.
verb phrase
- 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.
hop
1/ ³óÉ’±è /
verb
- 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 over
he hopped the hedge
- informal.intr to move or proceed quickly (in, on, out of, etc)
hop on a bus
- informal.tr to cross (an ocean) in an aircraft
they hopped the Atlantic in seven hours
- informal.tr to travel by means of (an aircraft, bus, etc)
he hopped a train to Chicago
- to bounce or cause to bounce
he hopped the flat stone over the lake's surface
- informal.intr to begin intense activity, esp work
- intr another word for limp 1
- hop it or hop off slang.to go away
noun
- the act or an instance of hopping
- old-fashioned.a dance, esp one at which popular music is played
we're all going to the school hop tonight
- informal.a trip, esp in an aircraft
- a bounce, as of a ball
- on the hop informal.
- active or busy
- unawares or unprepared
the new ruling caught me on the hop
hop
2/ ³óÉ’±è /
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 gardena field of hops
- obsolete.opium or any other narcotic drug
Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hop1
Origin of hop2
˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of hop1
Origin of hop2
Idioms and Phrases
- hop to it, Informal. to begin to move, become active, or do something immediately: Also hop to.
You'd better hop to it if you intend to buy groceries before the market closes.
More idioms and phrases containing hop
- mad as a hornet (hops)
Example Sentences
As a DJ played '90s hip hop, computer developers rubbed shoulders actors and executives, in a sign of the changing power players in the industry.
They hope to replace the current situation, where users of social media hop between their favourite services.
She and Burrus, the police officer traveling with her, hopped in a car provided by the White House and made the 45-mile trek to Dulles International Airport.
“I was like, I’m gonna just start hopping on this wagon, too. I started taking meals, doing what I do, the next morning I’m eating good at 7 in the morning with the other kids.â€
He realized otherwise once he started hopping on Zooms with company executives from around the country, leading to his signing a deal with undisclosed terms.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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