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- DictionaryHop/häp/
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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