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[ hop-ing ] / ˈhɒp ɪŋ / SEE SYNONYMS FOR hopping ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveworking energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished. going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type (usually used in combination): restaurant-hopping. Idioms for hoppinghopping mad, furious; enraged: He was hopping mad when his daughter dropped out of college.
Origin of hoppingFirst recorded in 1665–75; hop1 + -ing2 Words nearby hoppinghopper dredge, Hopper, Edward, hopper frame, hoppergrass, hop-picker, hopping, hopping John, hopping mad, hopple, Hoppus foot, hops Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for hoppingBrooks: Here comes Peter, folks, the well-known director of Busting and Fat Chance, hopping down the bunny trail. Mel Brooks Is Always Funny and Often Wise in This 1975 Playboy Interview|Alex Belth|February 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST The more he talks, the more he sucks, and viewers and critics have been hopping off the Juan wagon. Juan Pablo Has Ruined ‘The Bachelor’|Brandy Zadrozny|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Hopping forward to the Llewyn Davis era—we kind of look at that as the ultimate romantic Greenwich Village, or at least I do. Why Did Llewyn Davis’s Greenwich Village Disappear?|Andrew Romano|December 7, 2013|DAILY BEAST Half the GOP caucus will be hopping mad at him if he does let a clean CR get to the floor. The Shutdown and Boehner’s Future|Michael Tomasky|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Three dogs trotted around the house throughout the day, hopping in the car with Mr. and Mrs. Russell on occasion to do errands. ‘She Knew Nothing’: Meet the Bomber’s Widow, Raising the Bomber’s Daughter|Lizzie Crocker|April 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST There, I need not say, we lost no time in hopping out, for we naturally expected our friends to make a rush for the exit. The Mystery of 31 New Inn|R. Austin Freeman He discovered Brother Dunn hopping about the room in his night-shirt, slapping his palms together in a religious frenzy. A Circuit Rider's Wife|Corra Harris Hopping forward and addressing audience with hand over mouth. The Dramatic Values in Plautus|Wilton Wallace Blancke There were a great many birds in the woods; some were hopping about upon the rocks and bushes by the road-side. Mary Erskine|Jacob Abbott He felt a hopping sensation, then a long, sickening downward swoop that seemed to leave his stomach far behind. David and the Phoenix|Edward Ormondroyd
British Dictionary definitions for hopping
nounthe action of a person or animal that hops Tyneside dialect a fair, esp (the Hoppings) an annual fair in Newcastle adjectivehopping mad in a terrible rage Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to hoppingcaper, dance, skip, bound, bounce, skitter, leap, hurdle, spring, step, vault, lop, trip, lope |