hop1
v.
(hops, hopping, hopped)
- move by jumping on one foot.
▸(of a bird or animal) move by jumping with two or all feet at once.
▸jump over.
▸
(hop in)
informal get into (a vehicle).
- informal move or go quickly.
▸
(hop it)
Brit. go away.
▸
[
usu. as noun hopping]
pass quickly from one place to another:
island-hopping.
n.
- a hopping movement.
- a short journey or distance.
- an informal dance.
Phrase
- hop, skip
(or step)
, and jump
- old-fashioned term for triple jump.
- informal a short distance.
- on the hop
Brit. informal - unprepared.
- busy.
Etymology
OE hoppian, of Gmc origin.
hop2
n.
-
(hops)
the dried cone-like flowers of a twining climbing plant, used in brewing to give a bitter flavour and as a mild sterilant.
▸Austral./NZ informal beer.
- the plant from which hops are obtained.
[Humulus lupulus.]
- US informal, dated opium or another narcotic.
v.
(hops, hopping, hopped)
- flavour with hops.
-
(be hopped up)
informal be intoxicated by or as if by a narcotic drug.
Derivative
Etymology
ME hoppe, from Mid. Low Ger. or MDu.