hop
verb /hɒp/
  /hɑːp/
Verb Forms
Idioms | present simple I / you / we / they hop |    /hɒp/   /hɑːp/  | 
| he / she / it hops |    /hɒps/   /hɑːps/  | 
| past simple hopped |    /hɒpt/   /hɑːpt/  | 
| past participle hopped |    /hɒpt/   /hɑːpt/  | 
| -ing form hopping |    /ˈhɒpɪŋ/   /ˈhɑːpɪŋ/  | 
- [intransitive] (+ adv./prep.) (of a person) to move by jumping on one foot
- I couldn't put my weight on my ankle and had to hop everywhere.
 - kids hopping over puddles
 - He was hopping from foot to foot.
 
Extra Examples- He hopped up and down impatiently.
 - She waited by the car, hopping from foot to foot to keep warm.
 - He hopped painfully from foot to foot.
 - The little girl hopped and skipped along the lane.
 
 - [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.
 - birds hopping around on the grass
 
 - [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.
 - 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.
 - I dumped my bags at a motel and hopped a cab to the outskirts of town.
 
 - [intransitive] hop (from something to something) to change from one activity or subject to another
- I like to hop from channel to channel when I watch TV.
 - She’s always hopping from one project to the next.
 
 
Word Originverb Old English hoppian, of Germanic origin; related to German dialect hopfen and German hopsen.
Idioms 
hop it 
- (old-fashioned, British English, informal) usually used in orders to tell somebody to go away synonym go away
- Go on, hop it!
 - He hopped it out of the window.
 
 
hop to it (North American English) 
(also jump to it British and North American English)
- (informal) used to tell somebody to hurry and do something quickly