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hop

Pronunciation: /hɒp/

The English word “hop” has 20 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A short jump.
  2. A jump on one leg.
  3. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
  4. A brief period of development or progress.
  5. A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
  6. A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
  7. The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.
  8. A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
  9. The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer.
  10. Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
  11. The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.

verb

  1. To jump a short distance.
  2. To jump on one foot.
  3. To be in state of energetic activity.
  4. To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
  5. To jump onto, or over
  6. To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
  7. To go in a quick or sudden manner.
  8. To dance.
  9. To walk lame; to limp.

Etymology

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, 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”), Danish hoppe (“to hop, leap, jump”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).

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