Hop
[hɒp] or [hɑp]
Definition
(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.) 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.) traverse as if by a short airplane trip; 'Hop the Pacific Ocean'.
(verb.) move quickly from one place to another.
Editor: Upton--From WordNet
Definition
(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.]
Checker: Myrna
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. n. [1]. Leap, bound, jump, skip, spring, CAPER.[2]. Dance, trip.[3]. Limp, halt, walk lamely.
n. [1]. Leap, bound, jump, spring, skip, CAPER.[2]. Dance.
Inputed by Bess
Definition
v.i. to leap on one leg: to spring: to walk lame: to limp:—pr.p. hop′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. hopped.—n. a leap on one leg: a jump: a spring: a dance dancing-party.—ns. Hop′-o'-my-thumb the diminutive hero of one of Madame D'Aulnoy's famous nursery tales—'le petit pouce ' not to be confounded with the English Tom Thumb; Hop′per one who hops: a shaking or conveying receiver funnel or trough in which something is placed to be passed or fed as to a mill: a boat having a movable part in its bottom for emptying a dredging-machine: a vessel in which seed-corn is carried for sowing; Hop′ping the act of one who hops or leaps on one leg; Hop′-scotch a game in which children hop over lines scotched or traced on the ground.—Hop skip and jump a leap on one leg a skip and a jump with both legs; Hop the twig (slang) to escape one's creditors: to die.
Checked by Jocelyn
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of hops, denotes thrift, energy and the power to grasp and master almost any business proposition. Hops is a favorable dream to all classes, lovers and tradesmen.
Checker: Marge
Unserious Contents or Definition
To skip.
Typed by Jeanette
Examples
- On a twig, making up his mind to hop! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Take a dessertspoonful in a teacupful of hop tea three or four times a day. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It is a mixture of hop-scotch and shuffleboard played with a crutch. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- The crop, too, at least in the hop and fruit garden, is more precarious. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Well, then hop. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- To Mr. Chestle, a hop-grower. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- I promise never to hop very far, if that is any comfort to you. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The same quantity of industry, for example, will, in different years, produce very different quantities of corn, wine, hops, sugar tobacco, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The same number of labourers in husbandry will, in different years, produce very different quantities of corn, wine, oil, hops, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It was there, among the hops, when I lay down to sleep; it was with me on my waking in the morning; it went before me all day. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Kent, sir--everybody knows Kent--apples, cherries, hops, and women. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- These he showed us from the drawing-room window, while his bird was hopping about his head, and he laughed, Ha ha ha ha! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Mr Wegg was much distressed when the quarter of an hour expired, and came hopping in, a very bad second. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- All this time it was incessantly hopping on behind and gaining on him, so that when the boy got to his own door he had reason for being half dead. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- It seemed as if a linnet had hopped to my foot and proposed to bear me on its tiny wing. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- She could not immediately answer; and without asking her permission he hopped into his van, took her by the arm, and drew her up after him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- They were little birds, which, lighting on the sward at shy distance, hopped as if expectant. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
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