hop

Plural: hops

Noun

• the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
• twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
• an informal dance where popular music is played
• A short jump.
• A jump on one leg.
• A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
• A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
• A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
• The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.
• A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
• The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
• Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
• The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
• Synonym of half-op.

Verb

Verb Forms: hopped, hopping, hops

• To move by jumping on one foot or with quick, light leaps.
• jump lightly
• move quickly from one place to another
• travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.
  • "She hopped a train to Chicago"
  • "He hopped rides all over the country"
• traverse as if by a short airplane trip
  • "Hop the Pacific Ocean"
• jump across
  • "He hopped the bush"
• make a jump forward or upward
• To jump a short distance.
• To jump on one foot.
• To be in state of energetic activity.
• To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
• To jump onto, or over
• To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
• To go in a quick or sudden manner.
• To dance.
• To walk lame; to limp.
• To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
• To gather hops.

Examples

• bar-hopping
• He hopped a train to California.
• He might HOP his eyes around the board, searching for any possible word combination.
• He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north.
• I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
• Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.
• The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.
• The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping.
• We had to island-hop on the weekly seaplane to get to his hideaway.
• We were party-hopping all weekend.

Synonyms

hop-skip, hops, record hop, skip, Chinese tobacco, God's medicine, aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, dopium, dream gun, dream stick, fi-do-nie, gee, gondola, goric, guma, half-op, hop/hops, jump, leap, meconium, midnight oil, mud, ope, pen yan, pin gon, pox, skee, toxy, when-shee, yen, ze, zero

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