hopping up
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 phrases 4.
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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hop1 (hɒp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb , hops, hopping, hopped | |
| 1. | (intr) to make a jump forwards or upwards, esp on one foot |
| 2. | (intr) (esp of frogs, birds, rabbits, etc) to move forwards in short jumps |
| 3. | (tr) to jump over: he hopped the hedge |
| 4. | informal (intr) to move or proceed quickly (in, on, out of, etc): hop on a bus |
| 5. | informal (tr) to cross (an ocean) in an aircraft: they hopped the Atlantic in seven hours |
| 6. | informal (US), (Canadian) (tr) to travel by means of (an aircraft, bus, etc): he hopped a train to Chicago |
| 7. | (US), (Canadian) to bounce or cause to bounce: he hopped the flat stone over the lake's surface |
| 8. | informal (US), (Canadian) (intr) to begin intense activity, esp work |
| 9. | (intr) another word for limp |
| 10. | slang (Brit) hop it, hop off to go away |
| —n | |
| 11. | the act or an instance of hopping |
| 12. | old-fashioned, informal a dance, esp one at which popular music is played: we're all going to the school hop tonight |
| 13. | informal a trip, esp in an aircraft |
| 14. | (US) a bounce, as of a ball |
| 15. | informal on the hop |
| a. active or busy | |
| b. (Brit) unawares or unprepared: the new ruling caught me on the hop | |
| [Old English hoppian; related to Old Norse hoppa to hop, Middle Low German hupfen] | |
| hop2 (hɒp) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | See also hops any climbing plant of the N temperate genus Humulus, esp H. lupulus, which has green conelike female flowers and clusters of small male flowers: family Cannabiaceae (or Cannabidaceae) |
| 2. | hop garden a field of hops |
| 3. | obsolete, slang opium or any other narcotic drug |
| [C15: from Middle Dutch hoppe; related to Old High German hopfo, Norwegian hupp tassel] | |
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Word Origin & History
hop
O.E. hoppian "to spring, dance," from P.Gmc. *khupnojanan (cf. O.N. hoppa, Du. huppen, Ger. hüpfen "to hop"). Slang noun sense of "informal dancing party" is from 1731 (defined by Johnson as "a place where meaner people dance").
hop
"vine," c.1440, from M.Du. hoppe, from P.Gmc. *khup-nan-, of unknown origin.
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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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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American Heritage
Abbreviations & Acronyms
| HOP high oxygen pressure |
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