1.  hop(n = noun.act) - the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot);
is a kind of jump, jumping
Derived forms verb hop₁, verb hop₆, verb hop₅, verb hop₂

2.  hop(n = noun.plant) hops - twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer;
is a kind of vine
is a member of genus humulus, humulus
has particulars: bine, common hop, common hops, european hop, humulus lupulus, american hop, humulus americanus, humulus japonicus, japanese hop

3.  hop(n = noun.event) record hop - an informal dance where popular music is played;
is a kind of dance
Derived form verb hop₁

1.  hop(v = verb.motion) hop-skip, skip - jump lightly;
is one way to bound, jump, leap, spring
Derived forms noun hop₁, noun hop₃, noun hopper₅, noun hopper₁, noun hopper₂
Sample sentences: Something ----s; Somebody ----s

2.  hop(v = verb.motion) - move quickly from one place to another;
is one way to move
Derived forms noun hop₁, noun hopper₂
Sample sentences: The crowds hop in the streets; The streets hop with crowds

3.  hop(v = verb.motion) - travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country"
is one way to travel
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something

4.  hop(v = verb.motion) - traverse as if by a short airplane trip; "Hop the Pacific Ocean"
is one way to cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get across, get over, pass over, track, traverse
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

5.  hop(v = verb.motion) - jump across; "He hopped the bush"
is one way to clear, top
Derived form noun hop₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something

6.  hop(v = verb.motion) - make a jump forward or upward;
is one way to bound, jump, leap, spring
Derived form noun hop₁
Sample sentences: Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP

1.  To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do. [1913 Webster]
"[Birds] hopping from spray to spray." [1913 Webster]

2.  To walk lame; to limp; to halt. Dryden. [1913 Webster]

3.  To dance. Smollett. [1913 Webster]

1.  A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring. [1913 Webster]

2.  A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [1913 Webster]

1.  A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops). [1913 Webster]

2.  The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste. [1913 Webster]

3.  The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. [1913 Webster]

   To impregnate with hops. Mortimer. [1913 Webster]

   To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]

hop, v. & n.
--v. (hopped, hopping)
1 intr. (of a bird, frog, etc.) spring with two or all feet at once.
2 intr. (of a person) jump on one foot.
3 tr. cross (a ditch etc.) by hopping.
4 intr. colloq. a make a quick trip. b make a quick change of position or location.
5 tr. colloq. a jump into (a vehicle). b obtain (a ride) in this way.
6 tr. (usu. as hopping n.) (esp. of aircraft) pass quickly from one (place of a specified type) to another (cloud-hopping; hedge-hopping).
--n.
1 a hopping movement.
2 colloq. an informal dance.
3 a short flight in an aircraft; the distance travelled by air without landing; a stage of a flight or journey.

Idiom:
hop in (or out) colloq. get into (or out of) a car etc. hop it Brit. sl. go away. hopping mad colloq. very angry. hop, skip (or step), and jump = triple jump. hop the twig (or stick) sl.
1 depart suddenly.
2 die.
on the hop colloq.
1 unprepared (caught on the hop).
2 bustling about.

hop, n. & v.
--n.
1 a climbing plant, Humulus lupulus, cultivated for the cones borne by the female.
2 (in pl.) a the ripe cones of this, used to give a bitter flavour to beer. b Austral. & NZ colloq. beer.
3 US sl. opium or any other narcotic.
--v. (hopped, hopping)
1 tr. flavour with hops.
2 intr. produce or pick hops.
3 tr. US sl. (foll. by up) stimulate with a drug. (esp. as hopped up).

Idiom:
hop-bind (or -bine) the climbing stem of the hop. hop-sack (or -sacking)
1 a a coarse material made from hemp etc. b sacking for hops made from this.
2 a coarse clothing fabric of a loose plain weave.

Etymology:
ME hoppe f. MLG, MDu. hoppe

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dancing, nautch-girl, shindig, skirtdance, stag dance, Virginia reel, square dance, galop, galopade, jig, Irish jig, fling, strathspey, allemande, gavot, gavotte, tarantella, mazurka, morisco, morris dance, quadrille, country dance, folk dance, cotillon, Sir Roger de Coverley, ballet, ball, bal, bal masque, bal costume, masquerade, Terpsichore, festivity, merrymaking, party, blowout, hullabaloo, hoedown, bat, bum, bust, clambake, donation party, fish fry, jamboree, kantikoy, nautch, randy, squantum, tear, Turnerfest, yule log, fete, festival, gala, ridotto, revels, revelry, reveling, carnival, brawl, saturnalia, high jinks, feast, banquet, regale, symposium, wassail, carouse, carousal, jollification, junket, wake, Irish wake, picnic, fete champetre, regatta, field day, treat, round of pleasures, dissipation, a short life and a merry one, racketing, holiday making, rejoicing, jubilee, bonfire, fireworks, feu-de-joie, firecracker, holiday, gala day, red letter day, play day, high days 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fives, trap bat and ball, battledore and shuttlecock, la grace, pall- mall, tipcat, croquet, golf, curling, pallone, polo, water polo, tent pegging, tilting at the ring, quintain, greasy pole, quoits, horseshoes, discus, rounders, lacrosse, tobogganing, water polo, knurr and spell, leapfrog, hop skip and jump, mother may I, French and English, tug of war, blindman's bluff, hunt the slopper, hide and seek, kiss in the ring, snapdragon, cross questions and crooked answers, crisscross, hopscotch, jacks, jackstones, marbles, mumblety-peg, mumble-the-peg, pushball, shinney, shinny, tag, billiards, pool, pingpong, pyramids, bagatelle, bowls, skittles, ninepins, kain, American bowls, tenpins, tivoli, cards, card games, whist, rubber, round game, loo, cribbage, besique, euchre, drole, ecarte, picquet, allfours, quadrille, omber, reverse, Pope Joan, commit, boston, boaston, blackjack, twenty- one, vingtun, quinze, thirty-one, put, speculation, connections, brag, cassino, lottery, commerce, snip-snap-snoren, lift smoke, blind hookey, Polish bank, Earl of Coventry, Napoleon, patience, pairs, banker, blind poker, draw poker, straight poker, stud poker, bluff, bridge, bridge whist, lotto, monte, three-card monte, nap, penny-ante, poker, reversis, squeezers, old maid, fright, beggar-my- neighbor, baccarat, ace, king, queen, knave, jack, ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, trey, deuce, joker, trump, wild card, spades, hearts, clubs, diamonds, major suit, minor suit, bower, right bower, left bower, dummy, jackpot, deck, pair, two pair, three of a kind, straight, flush, full-house, four of a kind, royal flush, misere chess, draughts, checkers, checquers, backgammon, dominos, merelles, nine men's morris, go bang, solitaire, game of fox and goose, monopoly, loto, scrabble, scribbage, boggle, crossword puzzle, hangman, morra, gambling, toy, plaything, bauble, doll, teetotum, knickknack, magic lantern, peep show, puppet show, raree show, gallanty show, toy shop, quips and cranks and wanton wiles, nods and becks and wreathed smiles, entertainer, showman, showgirl, dancer, tap dancer, song-and-dance man, vaudeville act, singer, musician, sportsman, gamester, reveler, master of ceremonies, master of revels, pompom girl, arbiter elegantiarum, arbiter bibendi, archer, fan, toxophilite, turfman, amusing, entertaining, diverting, recreational, recreative, lusory, pleasant, laughable, witty, fun, festive, festal, jovial, jolly, jocund, roguish, rompish, playful, playful as a kitten, sportive, ludibrious, funny, very funny, hilarious, uproarious, side-splitting, amused, pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw, laughing, risible, ready to burst, ready to split, ready to die with laughter, convulsed with laughter, rolling in the aisles, on the light fantastic toe, at play, in sport, Int, vive la bagatelle!, vogue la galere!, deus nobis haec otia fecit, dum vivimus vivamus, dulce est desipere in loco, (every room) hath blazed with lights and brayed wi, misce stullitiam consiliis brevem.

N  leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation, ance, caper, curvet, caracole, gambade, gambado, capriole, demivolt, buck, buck jump, hop skip and jump, falcade, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buckjumper, wallaby, leaping, saltatory, frisky, on the light fantastic toe, di salto in salto.

VB  leap, jump up, jump over the moon, hop, spring, bound, vault, ramp, cut capers, trip, skip, dance, caper, buck, buck jump, curvet, caracole, foot it, bob, bounce, flounce, start, frisk, jump about, trip it on the light fantastic toe, trip the light fantastic, dance oneself off one's legs, dance off one's shoes.

american hop, bar hop, common hop, eastern hop hornbeam, european hop, hop clover, hop field, hop garden, hop hornbeam, hop marjoram, hop on, hop out, hop pole, hop to it, hop up, island hop, japanese hop, lindy hop, old world hop hornbeam, record hop, take a hop, wild hop