hop

hop

hop¹ [häp]

vi.

hopped, hopping [ME hoppen < OE hoppian, akin to Ger hüpfen < IE * keub- < base * keu-, to bend, curve > HIP¹, L cumbere, to lie: basic sense prob. “to bend forward”]

1. to make a short leap or leaps on one foot

2. to move by leaping or springing on both, or all, feet at once, as a bird, frog, etc. does

3. Informal

a) to go or move briskly or in bounces

b) to take a short, quick trip: with up, down, or over

vt.

1. to jump over [to hop a fence ]

☆ 2. to get aboard [to hop a train]

3. Informal to fly over in an airplane

n.

1. an act or instance of hopping

☆ 2. a bounce, as of a baseball

3. Informal a dance, esp. an informal one

4. Informal a short flight in an airplane

SYN.- SKIP¹

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hop on or hop all over

Slang to scold; reprimand

hop² [häp]

n.

[LME hoppe < MDu, akin to Ger hopfen]

1. a rough twining vine (Humulus lupulus) of the hemp family, having the female flowers borne in small cones covered with bladdery bracts

2. [pl.] the dried ripe cones of the female flowers, used for giving beer, ale, etc., a bitter taste and in medicine as a sedative

☆ 3. Slang a narcotic drug; esp., opium

vt.

hopped, hopping

to flavor or treat with hops

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☆ hop up

1. to stimulate by or as by a drug

2. to supercharge (an automobile engine, etc.)