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Definition: Meaning of, hop in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / hɒp /

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Prsesent Past Past Participle
hop hopped hopped
Present Participle Third Person Singular
hopping hops
  1. jump [intransitive] to move by jumping on one foot
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  2. [intransitive] if a bird, an insect, or a small animal hops, it moves by making quick short jumps
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  3. [intransitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to move somewhere quickly or suddenly
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  4. hop a plane/bus/train etc American English informal to get on a plane, bus, train etc, especially after suddenly deciding to do so
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  5. hop it! British English old-fashioned used to rudely tell someone to go away
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  6. hopping mad informal very angry [=  furious]
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Singular Plural
hop hops
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  1. catch somebody on the hop to do something when someone is not expecting it and is not ready
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  2. jump a short jump
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  3. plant hops [plural] parts of dried flowers used for making beer, which give the beer a bitter taste
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  4. plant the tall plant on which these flowers grow
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  5. flight a single short journey by plane
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  6. dance old-fashioned a social event at which people dance
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hop used in phrases

  • American hop (noun)
    1. native American plant sometimes confused with the European hop
  • Eastern hop hornbeam (noun)
    1. medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
  • European hop (noun)
    1. european twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavour malt liquors; cultivated in America
  • Hop o' My Thumb
    1. a French FAIRY TALE (= a children's story in which magical things happen) . Hop o'My Thumb is the youngest of seven children, and he protects his brothers and sisters after their parents leave them in the forest because they have no money. He steals some magic boots from an OGRE, and uses them to make money which he gives to his parents.
  • Japanese hop (noun)
    1. ornamental vine native to eastern Asia; cultivated for its variegated foliage
  • Old World hop hornbeam (noun)
    1. medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
  • bar hop (verb)
    1. go from one pub to the next and get progressively more drunk
  • channel-hop (verb)
    1. switch channels, on television
  • common hop (noun)
    1. european twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavour malt liquors; cultivated in America
  • hip hop (noun)
    1. a kind of popular dance music with a regular heavy BEAT and spoken words [↪  rap]
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