[hop] vb hopped ; hop.ping [ME hoppen, fr. OE hoppian; prob. akin to OE hype hip] vi (bef. 12c) 1: to move by a quick springy leap or in a series of leaps; also: to move as if by hopping "~ in the car"
2: to make a quick trip esp. by air ~ vt 1: to jump over "~ a fence"
2: to ride on "hopped a flight"; also: to ride surreptitiously and without authorization "~ a freight train"
[2]hop n (1508) 1 a: a short brisk leap esp. on one leg b: bounce, rebound "shortstop scooped it up on the first ~"
2: dance 3 3 a: a flight in an aircraft b: a short trip [3]hop n [ME hoppe, fr. MD; akin to OHG hopfo hop] (15c) 1 pl: the ripe dried pistillate catkins of a hop used esp. to impart a bitter flavor to malt liquors
2: a twining vine (Humulus lupulus) of the mulberry family with 3-lobed or 5-lobed leaves and inconspicuous flowers of which the pistillate ones are in glandular cone-shaped catkins [4]hop vt hopped ; hop.ping (1572): to impregnate with hops