HOP

hop

(noun) the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)

hop, record hop

(noun) an informal dance where popular music is played

hop, hops

(noun) twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer

hop

(verb) travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; “She hopped a train to Chicago”; “He hopped rides all over the country”

hop, skip, hop-skip

(verb) jump lightly

hop

(verb) make a jump forward or upward

hop

(verb) jump across; “He hopped the bush”

hop

(verb) traverse as if by a short airplane trip; “Hop the Pacific Ocean”

hop

(verb) move quickly from one place to another

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology 1

Noun

hop (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.

(networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.

Verb

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

(intransitive) To jump a short distance.

Synonyms: jump, leap

(intransitive) To jump on one foot.

(intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.

(transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.

(transitive) To jump onto, or over

(intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.

(obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.

To dance.

Etymology 2

Noun

hop (plural hops)

The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers, beer or ale is brewed.

(usually, in the 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

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

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

(intransitive) To gather hops.

Anagrams

• OHP, PHO, POH, Pho, pOH, pho, poh

Source: Wiktionary

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Hop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping.] Etym: [OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. hüpfen.]

1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do. [Birds] hopping from spray to spray. Dryden.

2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. Dryden.

3. To dance. Smollett.

Hop, n.

1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.

2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.] Hop, skip (or step), and jump, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. Addison.

Hop, n. Etym: [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]

1. (Bot.)

Definition: A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).

2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.

3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back.

– Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T. procumbens).

– Hop flea (Zoöl.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops.

– Hop fly (Zoöl.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines.

– Hop froth fly (Zoöl.), an hemipterous insect (Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines.

– Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya (O.Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O. vulgaris).

– Hop moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines.

– Hop picker, one who picks hops.

– Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines.

– Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.

– Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.

Hop, v. t.

Definition: To impregnate with hops. Mortimer.

Hop, v. i.

Definition: To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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