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Hopping

adj, name, noun, verb, slang

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Adjective
  1. 1
    That uses hopping for locomotion.
  2. 2
    Of a location, crowded with people. US, slang
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent. British, countable, uncountable

    "Hopping Down in Kent, Alan Bignell (1977)."

  2. 2
    The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom. countable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of hop form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Alternative spelling (C17) of hoppe, from Middle French houbelon

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