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hop up
hop 1 H0273100 (hŏp)v. hopped, hop·ping, hops v.intr.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.4. To travel or move often from place to place. Often used in combination: party-hop.v.tr.1. To move over by hopping: hop a ditch two feet wide.2. Informal To get on (a train) surreptitiously in order to ride without paying a fare: hop a freight train.n.1. a. A light springy jump or leap, especially on one foot or with both feet at the same time.b. A rebound: The ball took a bad hop.2. Informal A dance or dance party.3. a. A short distance.b. A short trip, especially by air.4. A free ride; a lift.Idioms: hop, skip, and (a) jump A short distance. hop to it To begin an activity or a task quickly and energetically.
[Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian.]
hop 2 H0273100 (hŏp)n.1. A twining vine (Humulus lupulus) having lobed leaves and green female flowers arranged in conelike spikes.2. hops The dried female inflorescences of this plant, containing a bitter aromatic oil. They are used in brewing to inhibit bacterial growth and to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer.3. Slang Opium.tr.v. hopped, hop·ping, hops To flavor with hops.Phrasal Verb: hop up Slang 1. To increase the power or energy of: hop up a car.2. To stimulate with or as if with a narcotic.
[Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch.]
hop′py adj.
HOPabbr. high oxygen pressureThesaurus| Verb | 1.hop up - make more powerful; "he souped up the old cars"soup up, hot upmodify - make less severe or harsh or extreme; "please modify this letter to make it more polite"; "he modified his views on same-gender marriage" |
hop up
hop up1. To stand up quickly. I hopped up to answer the door.2. To reach someone or something by hopping. I was just sitting here when, all of a sudden, a bunny hopped up!3. slang To modify something in order to increase its power or performance. A noun or pronoun can be used between "hop" and "up." He's spent a fortune hopping up his car for drag racing. We've hopped our computers up to run incredibly complex programs at lightning speeds.4. slang To be high on some substance, often a drug. I've never seen her so energized before—I hope she's not hopped up on something. Kevin is all hopped up on coffee—how many cups do you think he had?See also: hop, uphopped up1. Stimulated by drugs or something likened to them. You can tell when he's hopped up because his pupils are all dilated. I woke up feeling awful, and if I hadn't been hopped up on cold medicine, I wouldn't have gotten a thing done today. If the kids are all hopped up on sugar, they'll be running around all day long.2. Excited. Oh, he's just hopped up about this new video game he got.3. Faster or more powerful than normal, as of a car that's had such alterations made to it. I can't drive your hopped up car—I can barely handle Mom's minivan!See also: hop, uphop something upSl. to make a machine, especially a car, run extra fast or give it extra power. He will take that junk heap home and hop it up. He spent nearly every evening hopping up his old car.See also: hop, uphop up (to someone or something)[for an animal] to come close to someone or something by hopping. The bunny hopped up to me and just sat there. It hopped up and stared.See also: hop, uphopped up 1. Sl. intoxicated with drugs or alcohol; stimulated by drugs or alcohol. The old man was hopped up again. He was addicted to opium. John usually gets hopped up on the weekends. 2. Inf. excited; enthusiastic. What are you hopped up about now? You're certainly cheery. I always get hopped up when I think of mountain climbing.See also: hop, uphopped up1. Relating to a motor, especially a car engine, whose power has been increased. For example, Kids loved to ride around in hopped-up cars. [Slang; mid-1900s] Also see soup up. 2. Stimulated with, or as if with, a narcotic. For example, Their idea of a good time is to get all hopped up on marijuana or worse. This slangy usage dates from the 1920s but may be related to the late 19th-century use of the noun hop for a narcotic, especially opium. See also: hop, uphop upv. Slang To stimulate someone with or as if with a drug. Used chiefly in the passive: The drug addicts were hopped up on cocaine.See also: hop, uphop something up tv. to make a machine, especially a car, run extra fast or give it extra power. He will take that junk heap home and hop it up. See also: hop, something, uphopped up1. mod. stimulated by drugs. (Drugs.) Two hopped up kids were hunkered down in the alley. 2. mod. [of a car] customized and speeded up. As soon as I get this hog hopped up, you’ll see some real speed. 3. mod. excited. Paul is certainly hopped up about something. See also: hop, upEncyclopediaSeehophop up
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