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hopping

[ hop-ing ]

adjective

  1. working energetically; busily engaged:

    He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.

  2. going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type (usually used in combination):

    restaurant-hopping.



hopping

/ ˈɒɪŋ /

noun

  1. the action of a person or animal that hops
  2. dialect.
    a fair, esp ( the Hoppings ) an annual fair in Newcastle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. hopping mad
    in a terrible rage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hopping1

First recorded in 1665–75; hop 1 + -ing 2
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Idioms and Phrases

Idioms
  1. hopping mad, furious; enraged:

    He was hopping mad when his daughter dropped out of college.

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Example Sentences

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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.

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The story follows a group of female friends, hopping between their lives as teenagers in the 1990s and as adults in the present.

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“I was like, I’m gonna just start hopping on this wagon, too. I started taking meals, doing what I do, the next morning I’m eating good at 7 in the morning with the other kids.”

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He realized otherwise once he started hopping on Zooms with company executives from around the country, leading to his signing a deal with undisclosed terms.

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It is unlikely that the instruments on board can now be used, including a drill to penetrate the lunar soil, a hopping robot to explore a shadowed crater, and the first lunar antenna.

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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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