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- DictionaryHop·ping/ˈhäpiNG/
adjective
- 1. very active or lively: informal North American "the delis do a hopping lunch business"
The meaning of HOPPING is extremely, violently —used in the phrase hopping mad. How to use hopping in a sentence.
Hopping definition: working energetically; busily engaged. See examples of HOPPING used in a sentence.
Examples of hopping. hopping. In these materials, the electrons are hopping without any resistance and thus can flow through the material without any loss of energy. From Phys.Org. People are no longer content hopping on a scale in an effort to shed a few pounds. From Wired.
(Definition of hopping from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press) Examples of hopping. hopping. This strategy regulated the hopper at different hopping heights and was efficient even when hopping over obstacles. From the Cambridge English Corpus.
1. a. To move with light bounding skips or leaps. b. Informal To move quickly or be busily active: The shipping department is hopping this week. 2. To jump on one foot or with both feet at the same time. 3. To make a quick trip, especially in an airplane.
1. working energetically; busily engaged. He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished. 2. (usually used in combination) going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type. restaurant-hopping.
a short jump by a person on one foot, or by a small animal, bird, or insect on all or two of its feet at the same time: With his feet tied together he could only move in little hops. Thai Yuan Lim/EyeEm/GettyImages. be a short hop informal. to be a short distance, especially by plane: Rio to São Paulo is just a short hop by plane.
to jump over; clear with a hop:[ ~ + object] hopped the fence and was gone. to move quickly as if jumping:[ no object] hopped into bed. Informal Terms to board or get onto (a vehicle): [ ~ + object] to hop a train to Peoria. [ no object] He hopped into his car.
The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. (countable, physics) A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom. Present participle of hop.
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