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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, esp. 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.
–noun
9. an act of hopping; short leap.
10. a leap on one foot.
11. a journey, esp. 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:
bef. 1000; ME hoppen (v.), OE hoppian; c. G hopfen, ON hoppa


hop⋅ping⋅ly, adverb


1. jump, spring, bound.
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Slang Dictionary
hop

  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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Word Origin & History

hop  (n.2)
"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).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: HOP
Function: abbreviation
high oxygen pressure
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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