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hop

1[hop] verb, hopped, hop·ping, noun
verb (used without object)
1.
to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.
2.
to spring or leap on one foot.
3.
Informal. to make a short, quick trip, especially in an airplane: He hopped up to Boston for the day.
4.
Informal. to travel or move frequently from one place or situation to another (usually used in combination): to island-hop; to job-hop.
5.
Informal. to dance.
verb (used with object)
6.
to jump over; clear with a hop: The sheep hopped the fence.
7.
Informal. to board or get onto a vehicle: to hop a plane.
8.
Informal. to cross in an airplane: We hopped the Atlantic in five hours.

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Hop it is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
noun
9.
an act of hopping; short leap.
10.
a leap on one foot.
11.
a journey, especially a short trip by air.
12.
Informal. a dance or dancing party.
13.
a bounce or rebound of a moving object, as a ball: She caught the ball on the first hop.
14.
hop to it, Informal. to begin to move, become active, or do something immediately: You'd better hop to it if you intend to buy groceries before the market closes. Also, hop to.

Origin:
before 1000; Middle English hoppen (v.), Old English hoppian; cognate with German hopfen, Old Norse hoppa

hop·ping·ly, adverb

hop, jump, skip1 (see synonym note at jump; see synonym note at skip1).


1. jump, spring, bound.

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Word Origin & History

hop
"opium," 1887, from Cantonese nga-pin (pronounced HAH-peen) "opium," a Chinese folk etymology of the Eng. word opium, lit. "crow peelings." Re-folk-etymologized back into Eng. by association with hop (n.1).
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Slang Dictionary

hop definition


  1. n.
    beer. : How about some hop with your hamburger?
  2. n.
    a dancing party for young people. : The kids are out at some school-sponsored hop.
  3. tv.
    to get aboard a plane or train. : I'll hop a plane and be there in a couple of hours.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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