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hopping

[ hop-ing ]

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.



hopping

/ ˈ³óÉ’±èɪŋ /

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. hopping mad
    in a terrible rage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of hopping1

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

  1. hopping mad, furious; enraged:

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

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“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€

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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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It is unlikely that the instruments on board can now be used, including a drill to penetrate the lunar soil, a hopping robot to explore a shadowed crater, and the first lunar antenna.

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A private US company will attempt to land a spacecraft close to the Moon's South Pole on Thursday, carrying scientific instruments including a hopping robot and the first lunar mobile communications antenna.

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"When I first met Riley he already knew he was going to lose the bottom half of his leg and he was practicing hopping up the stairs," Mr Day said.

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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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