hop
IPA: hˈɑp
noun
- A short jump.
- A jump on one leg.
- A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
- (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- (UK, US, slang, dated) A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
- (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.
- A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
- (usually in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
- (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
- The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
- A surname from Dutch.
- Synonym of Mari (etymology 3)
- (Australia, slang) Ellipsis of John Hop (“a police officer”). [(Australia, slang) A police officer.]
verb
- (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
- (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
- (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
- (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
- (transitive) To jump onto, or over
- (intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
- (informal, intransitive) To go in a quick or sudden manner.
- (informal) To dance.
- (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.
- (transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
- (intransitive) To gather hops.
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Examples of "hop" in Sentences
- Ramy hopped on his motorcycle.
- The man has the ability to hop.
- Hobo hops on top of the suitcase.
- The acidity of hops is a preservative.
- The first component is the hopping integral.
- He's the cockroach infestation of the hip hop world.
- Pingu and Robby hop on the sledge and ride it together.
- There are no statistics available related directly to train hopping.
- A long hop is a type of inadvertent delivery in the sport of cricket.
- It is the ability of the joints and tendons to withstand the strain of hopping.
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