vt to impregnate with hops.
2. hop ·vi to dance.
3. hop ·noun a dance; ·esp., an informal dance of ball.
4. hop ·noun the fruit of the dog-rose. ·see hip.
5. hop ·vi to gather hops. [perhaps only in the form hopping, ·vb.n. ].
6. hop ·noun a leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
7. hop ·vi to walk lame; to limp; to halt.
8. hop ·noun the catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
9. hop ·vi to move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
10. hop ·noun a climbing plant (humulus lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. it is cultivated for its fruit (hops).