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A frog hops.

noun

The definition of a hop is a short leap or bounce.
An example of a hop is a frog's tiny jump from one pebble to the next.

verb

Hop is defined as to make a short leap or bounce.
An example of to hop is to jump from one square of a hopscotch board to another.

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hop

intransitive verb

hopped, hop′ping

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

Origin of hop

Middle English hoppen from Old English hoppian, akin to German hüpfen from Indo-European an unverified form keub- from base an unverified form keu-, to bend, curve from source hip, Classical Latin cumbere, to lie: basic sense probably “to bend forward”

to jump over: to hop a fence
to get aboard: to hop a train
Informal to fly over in an airplane

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

hop Idioms

hop on

Slang to scold; reprimand

hop to it

Informal to begin to do something briskly and vigorously

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

Origin of hop

Late Middle English hoppe from MDu, akin to German hopfen

transitive verb

hopped, hop′ping

to flavor or treat with hops

hop Idioms

hop up

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

-hop

to go from one of a (specified) group or class of places or things to another or others in succession: table-hop, job-hopping

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hop

verb

hopped, hop·ping, hops

verb

intransitive

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.
To jump on one foot or with both feet at the same time.
To make a quick trip, especially in an airplane.
To travel or move often from place to place. Often used in combination: party-hop.

verb

transitive

To move over by hopping: hop a ditch two feet wide.
Informal To get on (a train) surreptitiously in order to ride without paying a fare: hop a freight train.

noun

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.
Informal A dance or dance party.
a. A short distance.
b. A short trip, especially by air.
A free ride; a lift.

Origin of hop

Middle English hoppen from Old English hoppian

noun

A twining vine (Humulus lupulus) having lobed leaves and green female flowers arranged in conelike spikes.
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.
Slang Opium.

transitive verb

hopped, hop·ping, hops

To flavor with hops.

Phrasal Verbs: hop up Slang To increase the power or energy of: hop up a car. To stimulate with or as if with a narcotic.

Origin of hop

Middle English hoppe from Middle Dutch

Related Forms:

hop′py
adjective

HOP

abbreviation

high oxygen pressure

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Noun

(plural hops)

A short jump
A jump on one leg.
A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on private plane.
(sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
(US, dated) A dance.
(computing, telecommunications) The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)

(intransitive) To jump a short distance.
(intransitive) To jump on one foot.
(intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.
The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping.
To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north.
He hopped a train to California.
(intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
We were party-hopping all weekend.
We had to island hop on the weekly seaplane to get to his hideaway.
To dance.

Related terms

hopping mad
hop it

Origin

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).

Noun

(plural hops)

the plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers, beer or ale is brewed
(usually plural) the flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
(US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.

Verb

(third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)

To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer

Origin

From Middle Dutch hoppe.

Noun

(plural hops)

a narcotic drug, usually opium

See also: họp

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hop - Computer Definition

A small, quick jump.
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.
In radio communications, one skip of a radio wave from an earth station to the ionosphere and back. See also ionosphere, radio, and waveform.
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.
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.

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The link between two network nodes. See hop count and hop off.

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