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hop¹
- /hɒp/ UK
- /hɑp/ Canada, US
- /hɔp/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɒp
Where it comes from
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”).
noun hops
- A short jump. The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.
- A jump on one leg.
- 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.
- A brief period of development or progress. For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television.
- A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing. 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.
- The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.
verb hops · hopping · hopped
- To jump a short distance. 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.
- To jump on one foot.
- To be in state of energetic activity. Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.
- To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously. I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
- To jump onto, or over They hop the curb and cut their engines.
- To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one. We were party-hopping all weekend.
- To go in a quick or sudden manner. 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?"
- To dance.
- To walk lame; to limp. The limping smith […]hopping here and there, himself a jest[…]
hop²
- /hɒp/ UK
- /hɑp/ Canada, US
- /hɔp/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɒp
Where it comes from
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.
noun hops
- A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
- The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer.
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Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
‘You've been shot full of hop and kept under it until you're as crazy as two waltzing mice.’
Similar: aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, Chinese tobacco, dopium, dream gun, dream stick, fi-do-nie, gee, God's medicine, gondola, goric
- The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
verb hops · hopping · hopped
- To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer If you brew in March or October, and have hopped it for long keeping[…]
- To gather hops.
hop³
- /hɒp/ UK
- /hɑp/ Canada, US
- /hɔp/ Australia
Rhymes with -ɒp
noun hops
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Synonym of half-op.
Similar: half-op
Hop⁴
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Dutch Hop.
proper noun Hops
- A surname from Dutch.
Hop⁵
noun Hops
- Ellipsis of John Hop (“a police officer”). "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."
Hop⁶
proper noun
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Synonym of Mari (etymology 3)
Similar: Mari
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: skip, hop-skip, record hop, leap, jump, step, flick, climb, bang, catch, snappy, blow, break, boop, hoop, car
Translations
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noun a short jump
| Español | salto |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 跳躍 /跳跃 tiàoyuè, 跳跃 tiàoyuè |
| Português | salto, pulinho |
| Italiano | saltello |
| Română | salt |
| Русский | прыжо́к pryžók, скачо́к skačók |
| العربية | نَقْز naqz |
noun sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey
| Português | hop |
|---|
verb jump a short distance
| Español | saltar, dar saltitos |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 跳ねる haneru |
| 中文 | 跳過 /跳过 tiàoguò |
| Português | pulinhar, pulicar |
| Français | sauter à cloche-pied |
| Deutsch | hüpfen |
| Italiano | saltellare |
| Русский | подпры́гивать podprýgivatʹ, подпры́гнуть podprýgnutʹ, подска́кива́ть podskákivátʹ, подскочи́ть podskočítʹ |
| العربية | نَقَزَ naqaza |
| עברית | קפיצה דילוג |
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