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Hop

//hɑp// name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Dutch.
  2. 2
    Synonym of Mari (etymology 3)
Noun
  1. 1
    A short jump.

    "The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops."

  2. 2
    A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
  3. 3
    Synonym of half-op. Internet
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of John Hop (“a police officer”). Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang

    ""Police!" snarled Jack. "Bloody Johnny Hops! They couldn't hold a sucking pig in their hands, unless somebody hung on to its tail for them. It's our boys who've got things in hand. And handed them over to the Hops.""

  5. 5
    the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot) wordnet
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  1. 6
    A jump on one leg.
  2. 7
    The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer. plural-normally
  3. 8
    an informal dance where popular music is played wordnet
  4. 9
    A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.

    "My fellow passengers are a mixture of people returning from a day out in the capital, locals doing short hops, and a few (like me) heading farther afield."

  5. 10
    Opium, or some other narcotic drug. US, slang

    "‘You've been shot full of hop and kept under it until you're as crazy as two waltzing mice.’"

  6. 11
    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 wordnet
  7. 12
    A brief period of development or progress. figuratively, informal

    "For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television."

  8. 13
    The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
  9. 14
    A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball. US
  10. 15
    A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing. UK, US, dated, slang

    "1896, Benjamin Brierley, James Dronsfield, "Ab-o'th'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short Stories One singing-room we had closed, and so damaged a "twopenny hop" that it could not have survived another season had our own prosperity continued unchecked."

  11. 16
    The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.
Verb
  1. 1
    To jump a short distance. intransitive

    "When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail."

  2. 2
    To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer transitive

    "If you brew in March or October, and have hopped it for long keeping[…]"

  3. 3
    travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc. wordnet
  4. 4
    To jump on one foot. intransitive
  5. 5
    To gather hops. intransitive
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  1. 6
    jump lightly wordnet
  2. 7
    To be in state of energetic activity. intransitive

    "Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop."

  3. 8
    make a jump forward or upward wordnet
  4. 9
    To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously. transitive

    "I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news."

  5. 10
    jump across wordnet
  6. 11
    To jump onto, or over transitive

    "They hop the curb and cut their engines."

  7. 12
    traverse as if by a short airplane trip wordnet
  8. 13
    To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one. in-compounds, intransitive, usually

    "We were party-hopping all weekend."

  9. 14
    move quickly from one place to another wordnet
  10. 15
    To go in a quick or sudden manner. informal, intransitive

    "We hopped on the freeway heading to LA and I looked over at the dashboard and saw the needle back on “E” and I told the guy, “Hey! You going to make it with the gas you got?""

  11. 16
    To dance. informal
  12. 17
    To walk lame; to limp. obsolete

    "The limping smith […]hopping here and there, himself a jest[…]"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Danish hoppe (“to hop, leap, jump”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Danish hoppe (“to hop, leap, jump”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).

Etymology 3

From Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup (“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance. Cognate with German Hopfen and French houblon.

Etymology 4

From Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup (“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance. Cognate with German Hopfen and French houblon.

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Dutch Hop.

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