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hop¹ Definition

hop (häp)

intransitive verb hopped, hop′·ping

  1. to make a short leap or leaps on one foot
  2. to move by leaping or springing on both, or all, feet at once, as a bird, frog, etc. does
  3. Informal
    1. to go or move briskly or in bounces
    2. to take a short, quick trip: with up, down, or over

Etymology: ME hoppen < OE hoppian, akin to Ger hüpfen < IE *keub- < base *keu-, to bend, curve > hip, L cumbere, to lie: basic sense prob. “to bend forward”

transitive verb

  1. to jump over to hop a fence
  2. ☆ to get aboard to hop a train
  3. Informal to fly over in an airplane

noun

  1. an act or instance of hopping
  2. ☆ a bounce, as of a baseball
  3. Informal a dance, esp. an informal one
  4. Informal a short flight in an airplane

hop¹ Idioms

hop on

or hop all over

Slang to scold; reprimand

hop² Definition

hop (häp)

noun

  1. a rough twining vine (Humulus lupulus) of the hemp family, having the female flowers borne in small cones covered with bladdery bracts
  2. the dried ripe cones of the female flowers, used for giving beer, ale, etc., a bitter taste and in medicine as a sedative
  3. ☆ Slang a narcotic drug; esp., opium

Etymology: LME hoppe < MDu, akin to Ger hopfen

transitive verb hopped, hop′·ping

to flavor or treat with hops

hop² Idioms

hop up

☆
  1. to stimulate by or as by a drug
  2. to supercharge (an automobile engine, etc.)

hop Synonyms

hop

n.

  1. A quick jump

    spring, bounce, leap; see jump 1.

  2. *A short flight

    commuter flight, trip, jaunt; see flight 2, journey.

hop Synonyms

hop

v.

leap, skip, jump on one leg; see bounce 1, jump 1. See syn. study at skip.

hop Telecom Definition

  1. A small, quick jump.
  2. In networks, the journey a signal makes across a transmission link between two devices such as bridges, hubs, switches, or routers.There often are multiple links in an endto-end circuit between two devices. Therefore, a frame may make multiple hops as it transverses a physical path from one workstation to another. An IP packet typically makes a significant number of hops as it transverses the Internet. See also bridge, circuit, frame, hub, Internet, LAN, link, packet, router, and switch.
  3. In radio communications, one skip of a radio wave from an earth station to the ionosphere and back. See also ionosphere, radio, and waveform.
  4. In satellite communications, one roundtrip of a signal from an Earth station to a space station (i.e., satellite) and back to an Earth station. See also satellite and signal.
  5. In frequency hopping spread spectrum (FHSS) radio communications, a small, quick jump from one frequency channel to another in a carefully choreographed hop sequence. See also channel, FHSS, and frequency.

hop Usage Examples

Object

  • wort: Carrageenan copper finings help to settle out malt protein and the hop bed is used to filter the hopped wort.
  • vampire: For instance why is the white monk traveling from town to town with a line of hopping vampires behind him?
  • yeast: Hook Norton real ales are made with four natural ingredients, malted barley, hops, yeast and water.

Preposition: on

  • bandwagon: I never made a commitment to Jesus, just hopped on the bandwagon like everyone else.
  • plane: Would the old Brown then have hopped on a plane straight back to Israel?

Preposition: over

fence: I'd no sooner hopped over the fence when the radio went.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • around: I'm merely hopping around on one foot for a bit.
  • across: He hopped across on some stepping stones and then found a floating log which carried him to the shore.

Adjective modifier

  • funky: Tough and funky hip hop in the grand tradition is just what the doctor ordered.
  • short: Being forced to turn up two or three hours in advance for a short hop makes rail a much better prospect.

Modifies a noun

  • picking: For me, hop picking was great fun although not all fun.
  • bine: The hop bine and apple blossom symbolize the rural areas.
  • picker: ARRIVE IN STYLE A highlight of recent Hop Festivals has been the hop pickers steam train, The Spitfire, commissioned by Shepherd Neame.
  • scotch: We got snakes, circles, and goals, hop scotch and many more.
  • aroma: Incredibly smooth and drinkable, with a rich malt & hop aroma, this beer has a flavor and color to emulate the season.
  • hornbeam: The Slovenian Forest Service first reported damage to hop hornbeam in 1997.

Adjective complement

mad: Hopping Mad A simple but addictive little thing this.

Noun used with modifier

  • hip: DJs play rare groove, funk, hip hop, disco & house [ Sunday is Reggae night!
  • bunny: It is also dangerous to try to " bunny hop " up the curb on the other side.
  • skool: From jazz, heavy funk, old skool hip hop, underground disco and generally dirty grooves, both recognizable and unknown.