hop

hop¹

verb (hops, hopping, hopped)

1》 move by jumping on one foot.

    ↘(of a bird or animal) move by jumping with two or all feet at once.

    ↘jump over.

    ↘(hop in) informal get into (a vehicle).

2》 informal move or go quickly.

    ↘(hop it) Brit. go away.

    ↘[usu. as noun hopping] pass quickly from one place to another: island-hopping.

noun

1》 a hopping movement.

2》 a short journey or distance.

3》 an informal dance.

Phrases

hop, skip (or step), and jump

1》 old-fashioned term for triple jump.

2》 informal a short distance.

on the hop Brit. informal

1》 unprepared.

2》 busy.

Origin

OE hoppian, of Gmc origin.

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hop²

noun

1》 (hops) the dried cone-like flowers of a twining climbing plant, used in brewing to give a bitter flavour and as a mild sterilant.

    ↘Austral./NZ informal beer.

2》 the plant from which hops are obtained. [Humulus lupulus.]

3》 US informal, dated opium or another narcotic.

verb (hops, hopping, hopped)

1》 flavour with hops.

2》 (be hopped up) informal be intoxicated by or as if by a narcotic drug.

Derivatives

hoppy adjective

Origin

ME hoppe, from Mid. Low Ger. or MDu.