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hop1 /hop/ intransitive verb (hoppˈing; hopped)- To leap on one leg
- To move in jumps like a bird
- To walk lame
- To limp
- To move smartly (in or out)
- To fly (in aircraft) (informal)
transitive verb- To cause to hop
- To jump or fly over
- To jump from
- To board when in motion (US)
noun- A leap on one leg
- A jump
- A spring
- A dance, dancing party (informal)
- One stage in a journey by aeroplane
ORIGIN: OE hoppian to dance; Ger hopfen, hüpfen hoppˈer noun - Someone who hops
- A hopping or leaping animal, esp (US) a grasshopper
- A jack or sticker of a piano
- A shaking or moving receiver, funnel or trough (orig a shaking one) in which something is placed to be conveyed or fed, as to a mill
- A barge with an opening in its bottom for discharging refuse
- A railway wagon with an opening in the bottom for discharging its cargo
- A container in which seed corn is carried for sowing
- A device in early computers that held and passed on punched cards to a feed mechanism
-hopping combining form - Denoting: making quick journeys between, usu by air, as in island-hopping
- (of an aircraft) skimming, as in hedge-hopping
hop-offˈ noun The start of a flight hopˈ-o'-my-thumb noun (ie on my thumb) a pygmy hopˈscotch noun A game in which children hop over lines scotched or scored on the ground hop it (slang) To take oneself off, go away hopping mad (informal) Extremely angry hop, skip (or step) and jump A leap on one leg, a skip, and a jump with both legs as an athletic event, the triple jump hop the twig (slang) - To escape one's creditors
- To die
on the hop - In a state of restless activity
- In the act, unawares, at the very moment
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