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Hop

noun

1.

The act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot).

2.

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. Synonym: hops.

3.

An informal dance where popular music is played. Synonym: record hop.

verb

(past & past part. hopped; pres. part. hopping)

1.

Jump lightly. Synonyms: hop-skip, skip.

2.

Move quickly from one place to another.

3.

Travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.. "He hopped rides all over the country"

4.

Traverse as if by a short airplane trip.

5.

Jump across.

6.

Make a jump forward or upward.

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Eastern hop hornbeam

Old World hop hornbeam

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"Hop" Quotes from Famous Books

... It's like a game—or la recherche de l'absolu. And it isn't as though you could hop into a cab and make the round of visits on the General Staff, Civil Governor, and the rest, all in one day, or even all in a week. Nothing so efficient and simple as that. What is an official without an anteroom? As well imagine a soldier without a uniform. And the importance of ...

— Trapped in 'Black Russia' - Letters June-November 1915 • Ruth Pierce

... would break his neck. And so can a kangaroo hop around, but you wouldn't pick a kangaroo to fight a bull buffalo. You'll find out the difference, if ever he tackles my bosun. And no fear my bosun won't get him. He'll get him, you see. And when they come together I'll take good ...

— Wide Courses • James Brendan Connolly

... about, little ones, quick and nimble, In and out wheel about, run, hop, or amble. Join your hands lovingly: well done, musician! Mirth keepeth man in health like a physician. Elves, urchins, goblins all, and little fairies That do filch, black, and pinch maids of the dairies; Make a ring on the grass with your ...

— The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream' • Compiled by Frank Sidgwick

... her friend, sharply, "I ain't. He wasn't a bit spry to hop at the chance, 'n' Lord knows there wa'n't no great urgin' on my part. I asked him why he ain't never married, 'n' he laughed like it was a funny subjeck, 'n' said 's long 's he never did it 't that was the least o' his troubles. I didn't call that a very ...

— Susan Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lathrop • Anne Warner

... command, reprovingly. "Would ye raise a man's dead wife? Learn discretion from thy elders, an thou hop'st to be a ...

— Mistress Nell - A Merry Tale of a Merry Time • George C. Hazelton, Jr.

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