Hopping Definition

häpiŋ
adjective
Very busy or active.
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adverb
Very agitatedly or violently.
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noun

(UK) Hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.

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The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent.

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The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
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(countable, physics) A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.
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verb

Present participle of hop.

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Other Word Forms of Hopping

Noun

Singular:
hopping
Plural:
hoppings

Origin of Hopping

  • Alternative spelling (C17) of hoppe, from Middle French houbelon

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  • to hop

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Hopping Sentence Examples

  • I'll be right back, she said, hopping up.

  • It swiped at her, and she backpedaled, hopping to her feet.

  • She raced down the hall tugging her boots on, hopping first on one foot and then on the other.

  • Rose is a shy city lawyer; Maggie a gorgeous, good-time gal hopping from bed to bed, job to job.

  • Leg Power Improvement Leg power exercises include horizontal bounding and hopping.

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Words Starting With

HHOHOP

Words Ending With

GNGING

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Words Starting With H and Ending With G

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With H7 Letter Words Ending With G