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   Hop

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   verb

   • 1. (of a person) move by jumping on one foot. Similar jumpboundspringbounceskipjigtripflitleapprancecaperdancefrolicgambol
   • ▪ (of a bird or other animal) move by jumping with two or all feet at once: "a blackbird was hopping around in the sun"
   • ▪ spring or leap a short distance with one jump: "he hopped down from the rock"
   • ▪ jump over (something): "the cow hopped the fence"
   • ▪ pass quickly from one place to another: "let's hop over to the bar"
   • ▪ make a quick change of position, location, or activity: "over the years he hopped from one department to another"
   • ▪ board (a bus, airplane, or other mode of transportation): "she hopped a train in Winnipeg"
   • ▪ jump onto (a moving vehicle): "ex-soldiers looking for work hopped freight trains heading west"
   • ▪ (of an aircraft or ferry) pass quickly from one place to another: "two-week island-hopping packages" Similar godashrushinformal:popwhipnip
   • ▪ go away quickly.

   noun

   • 1. a hopping movement: "place the rabbit on the floor to have a hop around" Similar jumpboundbouncepranceleapspringskipgambol
   • ▪ a short journey or distance: "a short hop by cab from Soho" Similar journeydistanceridedriveruntripjauntflightplane tripinformal:spin
   • 2. an informal dance. Similar dancesocialpartyjamboreegatheringfunctiondiscoinformal:bashbopshindigshindydorave-upknees-upbeanfeastbeanobunfight

   Word Origin Old Englishhoppian, of Germanic origin; related to German dialect hopfen and German hopsen.

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   What does hop mean?

   • (Definition of hop from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) 單腳跳, 快速去（某地）, 快速跳上（或跳下）（車輛）… 单脚跳, 快速去（某地）, 快速跳上（或跳下）（车辆）… ir a la pata coja, brincar, brinco… saltitar, dar pulinhos, pular… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! HOP meaning: 1. to jump on one foot or to move about in this way 2.

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   What does hop mean in Spanish?

   • Rabbits were hopping across the field. 單腳跳, 快速去（某地）, 快速跳上（或跳下）（車輛）… 单脚跳, 快速去（某地）, 快速跳上（或跳下）（车辆）… ir a la pata coja, brincar, brinco… saltitar, dar pulinhos, pular… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! HOP definition: 1. to jump on one foot 2. If an animal hops, it moves by jumping on two or four feet at the same…. Learn more.

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   What does hopping mean?

   • [intransitive] + adv./prep. (of an animal or a bird) to move by jumping with all or both feet together A robin was hopping around on the path. The frog hopped towards him. [intransitive] + adv./prep. (informal) to go or move somewhere quickly and suddenly Hop in, I'll drive you home. She hopped out of the car at the traffic lights.

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   What does hop mean in a sentence?

   • When birds and some small animals hop, they move along by jumping on both feet. A small brown fawn hopped across the trail in front of them. [VERB preposition/adverb] Hop is also a noun. The rabbit got up, took four hops and turned round. If you hop somewhere, you move there quickly or suddenly . We were the first to arrive and hopped on board.

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   Hop in, I'll drive you home. She hopped out of the car at the traffic lights. to hop into/out of bed; I hopped on the next train. We hopped over to Paris for the weekend. [transitive] hop a plane, bus, train, etc. (North American English) to get on a plane, bus, etc. I hopped a plane for New York.

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   3 days ago · 18 meanings: 1. to make a jump forwards or upwards, esp on one foot 2. (esp of frogs, birds, rabbits, etc) to move forwards in.... Click for more definitions.

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   hop. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English hop1 /hɒp $ hɑːp/ verb (hopped, hopping) 1 jump [ intransitive] to move by jumping on one foot a little girl hopping and skipping see thesaurus at jump 2 [ intransitive] if a bird, an insect, or a small animal hops, it moves by making quick short jumps 3 [ intransitive always + adverb ...

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   hop 1: to make a short, springy leap or series of leaps. [7 definitions] hop 2: a tall, climbing vine having lobed leaves and bearing green cone-shaped flowers.

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