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hop
1[ hop ]
verb (used without object)
- to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.
Synonyms: , ,
- to spring or leap on one foot.
- Informal. to make a short, quick trip, especially in an airplane:
He hopped up to Boston for the day.
- Informal. to travel or move frequently from one place or situation to another (usually used in combination):
to island-hop;
to job-hop.
- Older Use: Informal. to dance.
verb (used with object)
- to jump over; clear with a hop:
The sheep hopped the fence.
- Informal. to board or get onto a vehicle:
to hop a plane.
- Informal. to cross in an airplane:
We hopped the Atlantic in five hours.
noun
- an act of hopping; short leap.
- a leap on one foot.
- a journey, especially a short trip by air.
- Older Use: Informal. a dance or dancing party.
- a bounce or rebound of a moving object, as a ball:
She caught the ball on the first hop.
hop
2[ hop ]
noun
- any twining plant of the genus Humulus, bearing male flowers in loose clusters and female flowers in conelike forms.
- hops, the dried ripe cones of the female flowers of this plant, used in brewing, medicine, etc.
- Older Slang. a narcotic drug, especially opium.
verb (used with object)
- to treat or flavor with hops.
verb phrase
- Slang.
- to excite; make enthusiastic:
They hopped the crowd up with fiery speeches.
- to add to the power of:
The kids hopped up the motor of their jalopy.
- to stimulate by narcotics.
hop
1/ ɒ /
verb
- intr to make a jump forwards or upwards, esp on one foot
- intr (esp of frogs, birds, rabbits, etc) to move forwards in short jumps
- tr to jump over
he hopped the hedge
- informal.intr to move or proceed quickly (in, on, out of, etc)
hop on a bus
- informal.tr to cross (an ocean) in an aircraft
they hopped the Atlantic in seven hours
- informal.tr to travel by means of (an aircraft, bus, etc)
he hopped a train to Chicago
- to bounce or cause to bounce
he hopped the flat stone over the lake's surface
- informal.intr to begin intense activity, esp work
- intr another word for limp 1
- hop it or hop off slang.to go away
noun
- the act or an instance of hopping
- old-fashioned.a dance, esp one at which popular music is played
we're all going to the school hop tonight
- informal.a trip, esp in an aircraft
- a bounce, as of a ball
- on the hop informal.
- active or busy
- unawares or unprepared
the new ruling caught me on the hop
hop
2/ ɒ /
noun
- any climbing plant of the N temperate genus Humulus, esp H. lupulus, which has green conelike female flowers and clusters of small male flowers: family Cannabiaceae (or Cannabidaceae ) See also hops
- hop gardena field of hops
- obsolete.opium or any other narcotic drug
Other Word Forms
- DZ·辱Բ· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of hop1
Origin of hop2
Word History and Origins
Origin of hop1
Origin of hop2
Idioms and Phrases
- hop to it, Informal. to begin to move, become active, or do something immediately: Also hop to.
You'd better hop to it if you intend to buy groceries before the market closes.
More idioms and phrases containing hop
- mad as a hornet (hops)
Example Sentences
Mark Adams of Long Beach, who was visiting Gravitas to inquire about becoming a member, stumbled upon RummiKlub’s event and decided to hop into the game.
Victims of the Eaton fire said Thursday they are in limbo, maxing out their credit cards and hopping from one rental to another while they wait for their claims to be resolved.
The story follows a group of female friends, hopping between their lives as teenagers in the 1990s and as adults in the present.
Authorities believe the suspect was able to hop a fence surrounding the home and get inside to start the blaze, which is still being investigated.
Back at Idyllic, M.J. and Ryan, who visit their photo booths daily to ensure that they are working properly, watched as people hopped in and out of the machine.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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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