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adjective
Idiom1.
working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
2.
going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type (usually used in combination): restaurant-hopping.
3.
hopping mad, furious; enraged: He was hopping mad when his daughter dropped out of college.
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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.
noun
Idiom9.
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.
noun
1.
any twining plant of the genus Humulus, bearing male flowers in loose clusters and female flowers in conelike forms.
2.
hops, the dried ripe cones of the female flowers of this plant, used in brewing, medicine, etc.
3.
Older Slang. a narcotic drug, especially opium.
verb (used with object)
Verb phrase4.
to treat or flavor with hops.
5.
hop up, Slang.
a.
to excite; make enthusiastic: They hopped the crowd up with fiery speeches.
b.
to add to the power of: The kids hopped up the motor of their jalopy.
c.
to stimulate by narcotics.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English hoppe < Middle Dutch hoppe (Dutch hop); cognate with Old High German hopfo (German Hopfen)
1400–50; late Middle English hoppe < Middle Dutch hoppe (Dutch hop); cognate with Old High German hopfo (German Hopfen)
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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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