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hopping¹

Rhymes with -ɒpɪŋ

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

noun hoppings

  1. UK, countable, uncountable hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent. Hopping Down in Kent, Alan Bignell (1977).
  2. countable, uncountable The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent

hopping²

Rhymes with -ɒpɪŋ

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of hop

noun hoppings

  1. countable, uncountable The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
  2. countable A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.

adjective more hopping · most hopping

  1. That uses hopping for locomotion.
  2. US, slang Of a location, crowded with people.

Hopping³

proper noun Hoppings

  1. A surname.

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Closest in meaning: jumping, affix, lindy, island, bounding, leaping, skipping, springing, vaulting, hurdling, bouncing, prancing, gamboling, cavorting, frolicking, capering

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@misc{hopping_2026,
  title = {hopping},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/hopping},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}