hop

Formshops, hopping, hopped

Pluralhops

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   small jumpsverbintransitive

   To jump a short way, or to move along in small jumps.

   The little bird hopped from one branch to the next.

   Rabbits hop across the grass every morning.

   UsageSay hop along, hop across, or hop from one place to another.

   Similarjump, leap

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   quick moveverbcolloquialintransitive

   To go somewhere in a quick or sudden way.

   She hopped up from the couch to answer the door.

   I'll hop over to the store to get some milk.

   UsageSay hop in, hop on or hop over to.

   Similarjump, pop

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   catch a rideverbtransitive

   To quickly get on a train, plane, or bus that someone else drives, often in secret.

   After the phone call, she hopped a bus to her mom's house.

   We can hop a taxi to the train station.

   UsageSay hop a bus, with no preposition.

   Similarcatch, jump, board

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   bitter flowernouncountable

   A climbing plant whose dried flowers, called hops, are used to give beer its bitter taste.

   This beer tastes bitter because of the hops.

   The hop smell from the brewery fills the whole street.

   UsageUse hops for the flowers. Before another noun, hop is common: hop flavor.

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   place to placeverbintransitivein compounds

   To keep going from one place or situation to another that is much the same.

   On Saturday night we went bar-hopping downtown.

   Some people hop from job to job every year.

   UsageSay bar-hopping or hop from job to job.

   Similarmove, bounce, flit

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   jump oververbtransitive

   To jump over something or onto it.

   The dog hopped the fence and ran into the street.

   Kids often hop the low wall to get to the park faster.

   UsageSay hop the fence.

   Similarjump, vault, clear

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   little leapnouncountable

   A small jump, often on one foot.

   The baby bird took one small hop and then sat still.

   With two hops, the frog was back in the pond.

   Similarjump, skip

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   jump on one footverbintransitive

   To jump using only one foot.

   Can you hop on one foot ten times without falling?

   He hopped on his left foot while he pulled on his sock.

   UsageSay hop on one foot.

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   short tripnouncountable

   A short trip, often a short flight on a private plane.

   It's only a short hop by plane from Boston to New York.

   The train ride to the next town is just a short hop.

   UsageSay a short hop.

   Similartrip, flight, jaunt

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    network stepnouncountable

    One step when a piece of computer data moves from one machine to the next on a network.

    The message took only one hop to reach the computer in the next room.

    More hops can make a website load more slowly.

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    add to beerverbtransitive

    To add hops to something, usually beer while it is being made, for flavor.

    We hop the beer at the very end so it smells fresh.

    My uncle hopped his homemade beer twice to give it more flavor.

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    be busyverbintransitive

    To be very busy and full of activity.

    The restaurant was hopping on Friday night.

    The snack bar at the pool can really hop on a hot afternoon.

    UsageSay the place was hopping.

    Similarbuzz, bustle, jump

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