hopping

[ hop-ing ]

/ ˈhɒp ɪŋ /

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adjective

working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.

going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type (usually used in combination): restaurant-hopping.

Idioms for hopping

hopping mad, furious; enraged: He was hopping mad when his daughter dropped out of college.

Origin of hopping

First recorded in 1665–75; hop¹ + -ing²

Words nearby hopping

hopper casement, hopper dredge, hopper frame, hopper, edward, hoppergrass, hopping, hopping john, hopping mad, hopple, hoppus foot, hops

Definition for hopping (2 of 3)

hop ¹

[ hop ]

/ hɒp /

verb (used without object), hopped, hop·ping.

to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.

to spring or leap on one foot.

Informal. to make a short, quick trip, especially in an airplane: He hopped up to Boston for the day.

Informal. to travel or move frequently from one place or situation to another (usually used in combination): to island-hop; to job-hop.

Informal. to dance.

verb (used with object), hopped, hop·ping.

to jump over; clear with a hop: The sheep hopped the fence.

Informal. to board or get onto a vehicle: to hop a plane.

Informal. to cross in an airplane: We hopped the Atlantic in five hours.

noun

an act of hopping; short leap.

a leap on one foot.

a journey, especially a short trip by air.

Informal. a dance or dancing party.

a bounce or rebound of a moving object, as a ball: She caught the ball on the first hop.

Origin of hop

before 1000; Middle English hoppen (v.), Old English hoppian; cognate with German hopfen, Old Norse hoppa

SYNONYMS FOR hop

1 jump, spring, bound.

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OTHER WORDS FROM hop

hop·ping·ly, adverb

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH hop

hop jump skip (see synonym study at jump) (see synonym study at skip¹)

Definition for hopping (3 of 3)

hop ²

[ hop ]

/ hɒp /

noun

any twining plant of the genus Humulus, bearing male flowers in loose clusters and female flowers in conelike forms.

hops, the dried ripe cones of the female flowers of this plant, used in brewing, medicine, etc.

Older Slang. a narcotic drug, especially opium.

verb (used with object), hopped, hop·ping.

to treat or flavor with hops.

Verb Phrases

hop up, Slang.

to excite; make enthusiastic: They hopped the crowd up with fiery speeches.
to add to the power of: The kids hopped up the motor of their jalopy.
to stimulate by narcotics.

Origin of hop

1400–50; late Middle English hoppe < Middle Dutch hoppe (Dutch hop); cognate with Old High German hopfo (German Hopfen)

Example sentences from the Web for hopping

Brooks: Here comes Peter, folks, the well-known director of Busting and Fat Chance, hopping down the bunny trail.

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The more he talks, the more he sucks, and viewers and critics have been hopping off the Juan wagon.

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Hopping forward to the Llewyn Davis era—we kind of look at that as the ultimate romantic Greenwich Village, or at least I do.

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Half the GOP caucus will be hopping mad at him if he does let a clean CR get to the floor.

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Three dogs trotted around the house throughout the day, hopping in the car with Mr. and Mrs. Russell on occasion to do errands.

‘She Knew Nothing’: Meet the Bomber’s Widow, Raising the Bomber’s Daughter |Lizzie Crocker |April 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
There, I need not say, we lost no time in hopping out, for we naturally expected our friends to make a rush for the exit.

The Mystery of 31 New Inn |R. Austin Freeman
He discovered Brother Dunn hopping about the room in his night-shirt, slapping his palms together in a religious frenzy.

A Circuit Rider's Wife |Corra Harris
Hopping forward and addressing audience with hand over mouth.

The Dramatic Values in Plautus |Wilton Wallace Blancke
There were a great many birds in the woods; some were hopping about upon the rocks and bushes by the road-side.

Mary Erskine |Jacob Abbott
He felt a hopping sensation, then a long, sickening downward swoop that seemed to leave his stomach far behind.

David and the Phoenix |Edward Ormondroyd

British Dictionary definitions for hopping (1 of 3)

hopping

/ (ˈhɒpɪŋ) /

noun

the action of a person or animal that hops

Tyneside dialect a fair, esp (the Hoppings) an annual fair in Newcastle

adjective

hopping mad in a terrible rage

British Dictionary definitions for hopping (2 of 3)

hop ¹

/ (hɒp) /

verb hops, hopping or hopped

(intr) to make a jump forwards or upwards, esp on one foot

(intr) (esp of frogs, birds, rabbits, etc) to move forwards in short jumps

(tr) to jump over he hopped the hedge

(intr) informal to move or proceed quickly (in, on, out of, etc) hop on a bus

(tr) informal to cross (an ocean) in an aircraft they hopped the Atlantic in seven hours

(tr) US and Canadian informal to travel by means of (an aircraft, bus, etc) he hopped a train to Chicago

US and Canadian to bounce or cause to bounce he hopped the flat stone over the lake's surface

(intr) US and Canadian informal to begin intense activity, esp work

(intr) another word for limp 1

hop it or hop off British slang to go away

noun

the act or an instance of hopping

old-fashioned, informal a dance, esp one at which popular music is played we're all going to the school hop tonight

informal a trip, esp in an aircraft

US a bounce, as of a ball

on the hop informal

active or busy
British unawares or unpreparedthe new ruling caught me on the hop

Word Origin for hop

Old English hoppian; related to Old Norse hoppa to hop, Middle Low German hupfen

British Dictionary definitions for hopping (3 of 3)

hop ²

/ (hɒp) /

noun

any climbing plant of the N temperate genus Humulus, esp H. lupulus, which has green conelike female flowers and clusters of small male flowers: family Cannabiaceae (or Cannabidaceae) See also hops

hop garden a field of hops

obsolete, slang opium or any other narcotic drug

Word Origin for hop

C15: from Middle Dutch hoppe; related to Old High German hopfo, Norwegian hupp tassel

Idioms and Phrases with hopping

hop

In addition to the idioms beginning with hope

hope against hope
hope springs eternal
hop to it
hop up

also see:

mad as a hornet (hops)

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verb (used without object), hopped, hop·ping.

verb (used with object), hopped, hop·ping.

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noun

verb (used with object), hopped, hop·ping.

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verb hops, hopping or hopped

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verb (used without object), hopped, hop·ping.

verb (used with object), hopped, hop·ping.

noun

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noun

verb (used with object), hopped, hop·ping.

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verb hops, hopping or hopped

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