Noun
the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)

Noun
an informal dance where popular music is played

Noun
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

Verb
informal: travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country"

Verb
jump lightly

Verb
make a jump forward or upward

Verb
jump across; "He hopped the bush"

Verb
make a quick trip especially by air; "Hop the Pacific Ocean"

Verb
move quickly from one place to another

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v. i.
To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.

v. i.
To walk lame; to limp; to halt.

v. i.
To dance.

n.
A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.

n.
A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.

n.
A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).

n.
The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.

n.
The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.

v. t.
To impregnate with hops.

v. i.
To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]

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Hop

Hop , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hopped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping .] [OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. h'81pfen.] 1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.

[Birds] hopping from spray to spray.

2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. Dryden. 3. To dance. Smollett.

Hop

Hop, n. 1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring. 2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.] Hop, skip (∨ step), and jump, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. Addison.

Hop

Hop, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.] 1. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops). 2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste. 3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back. -- Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T. procumbens). -- Hop flea (Zo'94l.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops. -- Hop fly (Zo'94l.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines. -- Hop froth fly (Zo'94l.), an hemipterous insect (Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines. -- Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya (O.Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O. vulgaris). -- Hop moth (Zo'94l.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines. -- Hop picker, one who picks hops. -- Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines. -- Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops. -- Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.

Hop

Hop, v. t. To impregnate with hops. Mortimer.

Hop

Hop, v. i. To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]

To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.

A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.

A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).

To impregnate with hops.

To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]