hop has definitions from the fields of dance,botany,transportation
1
[ verb ] jump lightly

Synonyms

hop-skip skip

Used in print

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

But it also looked_like a toad , hopping away from the light .

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

The women said they had seen him wave an exhausted farewell ; but he might have been shooing_away the fleas that hopped from his yellow dog onto him .

Related terms

jump jump hop_on hopper skip hopper

2
[ verb ] (transportation) informal: travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.

Examples

"She hopped a train to Chicago" "He hopped rides all over the country"

Used in print

(Louis Zara, Dark Rider....)

Ludie hopped rides on freight_cars , and was chased by Mr._Yankton , the railroad guard .

Related terms

travel

3
[ noun ] the act of hopping (jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot))

Used in print

(Samuel Elkin, "The Ball Player," Nugget, 6: 5...)

The new Riverside pitcher turned_out to have an overhand fast_ball that took a hop .

Related terms

jump

4
[ verb ] move quickly from one place to another

Used in print

(The Christian Science Monitor...)

Alacrity , the Podger cat , came by the hammock , rubbed her back briefly against it , and_then , sure of a welcome , hopped up .

Related terms

move bed_hop hopper

5
[ verb ] make a quick trip esp. by air

Examples

"Hop the Pacific Ocean"

Related terms

traverse

6
[ verb ] make a jump forward or upward

Related terms

jump

7
[ verb ] jump across

Examples

"He hopped the bush"

Related terms

clear

8
[ noun ] (botany) 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

Synonyms

hops

9
[ noun ] (dance) an informal dance where popular music is played

Synonyms

record_hop

Related terms

dance dance

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