HOP (hopped, hopping)

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Irregular inflected forms: hopped    , hopping   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does hop mean? 

• HOP (noun)
  The noun HOP has 3 senses:

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

3. an informal dance where popular music is played

  Familiarity information: HOP used as a noun is uncommon.

• HOP (verb)
  The verb HOP has 6 senses:

1. jump lightly

2. move quickly from one place to another

3. travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.

4. traverse as if by a short airplane trip

5. jump across

6. make a jump forward or upward

  Familiarity information: HOP used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HOP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("hop" is a kind of...):

jump; jumping (the act of jumping; propelling yourself off the ground)

Derivation:

hop (jump lightly)

hop (make a jump forward or upward)

hop (jump across)

hop (move quickly from one place to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

hop; hops

Hypernyms ("hop" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hop"):

bine; common hop; common hops; European hop; Humulus lupulus (European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America)

American hop; Humulus americanus (native American plant sometimes confused with the European hop)

Humulus japonicus; Japanese hop (ornamental vine native to eastern Asia; cultivated for its variegated foliage)

Holonyms ("hop" is a member of...):

genus Humulus; Humulus (hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap; in some classifications included in the family Urticaceae)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An informal dance where popular music is played

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Synonyms:

hop; record hop

Hypernyms ("hop" is a kind of...):

dance (a party for social dancing)

Derivation:

hop (jump lightly)

• HOP (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they hop    ... he / she / it hops   
Past simple: hopped   
Past participle: hopped   
-ing form: hopping   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Jump lightly

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

hop; hop-skip; skip

Hypernyms (to "hop" is one way to...):

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Also:

hop on (get up on the back of)

Derivation:

hop (the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot))

hop (an informal dance where popular music is played)

hopper ((baseball) a hit that travels along the ground)

hopper (funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below)

hopper (someone who hops)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Move quickly from one place to another

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "hop" is one way to...):

move (move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion)

Verb group:

hop (travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.)

hop (traverse as if by a short airplane trip)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Sentence examples:

The crowds hop in the streets
The streets hop with crowds

Derivation:

hop (the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot))

hopper (someone who hops)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

He hopped rides all over the country

Hypernyms (to "hop" is one way to...):

travel (undergo transportation as in a vehicle)

Verb group:

hop (move quickly from one place to another)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Traverse as if by a short airplane trip

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

Hop the Pacific Ocean

Hypernyms (to "hop" is one way to...):

cover; cross; cut across; cut through; get across; get over; pass over; track; traverse (travel across or pass over)

Verb group:

hop (move quickly from one place to another)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Jump across

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

He hopped the bush

Hypernyms (to "hop" is one way to...):

clear; top (pass by, over, or under without making contact)

Verb group:

hop (make a jump forward or upward)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

hop (the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot))

Sense 6

Meaning:

Make a jump forward or upward

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "hop" is one way to...):

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Verb group:

hop (jump across)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

hop (the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot))

 Context examples 

I brood too much over my own small affairs, and need stirring up, so as I can be spared this winter, I'd like to hop a little way and try my wings.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Taking these together, some researchers proposed that water molecules can “hop” across the lunar surface until they enter cold traps in the dark reaches of craters near the north and south poles.

(On Second Thought, the Moon's Water May Be Widespread and Immobile, NASA)

Such was his confidence, that when a moose-bird impudently hopped up to him, he reached out at it with a playful paw.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

It was there, among the hops, when I lay down to sleep; it was with me on my waking in the morning; it went before me all day.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Hop inactivation in vertebrates leads to severe defects in cardiac development, acting downstream of Nkx2-5.

(HOP Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

As the sand moves, it begins to hop and collide, becoming charged.

('Electric Sands' Cover Titan, VOA News)

"I remember last Christmas at a little hop at the park, he danced from eight o'clock till four, without once sitting down."

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

It seemed as if a linnet had hopped to my foot and proposed to bear me on its tiny wing.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

As soon as it was light he jumped up, hopped downstairs, and went out of the house.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

One fellow wouldn’t let us through his turnpike, and Charlie hopped off and had his coat off in a minute.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)