I. ˈhäp verb
( hopped ; hopped ; hopping ; hops )
Etymology: Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian; akin to Middle High German hupfen, hüpfen, hopfen to hop, Old Norse hoppa to hop, Old English hype hip — more at hip
intransitive verb
1.
a. : to move by a quick springy leap or in a series of leaps : jump
chalked out a hopscotch game and began to hop around its squares — Dorothy C. Fisher
hop on a fast-moving train
especially : to move by leaping with all feet off the ground
a … bird came hopping around — Francis Birtles
b. : to jump on one foot or move about in such manner
requiring the applicant to hop on the toes of each foot — H.G.Armstrong
c. : bounce , rebound
the ball hopped around the playing field
2.
a. : to emerge with a quick elastic movement suggestive of a leap
hopped out of bed bright and early
hopped out of the car and opened the door for the lady
b. : to move or go quickly : make a quick trip : run
do you want to hop down to the store — Oakley Hall
hopped down to the city for the day
specifically : to make a flight usually of short duration
Western Airlines … hops all over the West — Gladwin Hill
hops to Miami for Christmas — Phil Gustafson
c. slang chiefly Britain : to go away : scram
state your business and get hopping — Ruth Park
— usually used with it
no, thanks … got to hop it — Richard Llewellyn
3. : to set about doing something — usually used in the phrase hop to it
lots of work to be done … you'd better hop to it — Gordon Webber
4. : to make a verbal attack : give a tongue-lashing
expect them to make … mistakes and don't hop all over them when they do — W.J.Reilly
transitive verb
1.
a. : to jump over
the men hopped the rails and were in the boats — H.A.Chippendale
b. : to give a hopping motion to
hopped the ball up and down
c. : to get upon by or as if by hopping : climb aboard
hop a freight
hopped a street car — John Dos Passos
d. : hitchhike
hop a ride
2.
a. : to transport in an airplane from one point to another
the heaviest machinery can be hopped over the Andes — Skyways
save … travel time by hopping them for short distances — Time
b. : to cross by airplane
fears about air armadas hopping the Atlantic — S.L.A.Marshall
3. slang : to attack physically or verbally : jump
hop an enemy aircraft
4. : to wait on : give service to : tend , serve
you're here to hop bells — Calder Willingham
young girls and boys in uniform hopping cars — Horace McCoy
did you think I was going to … hop bar for the rest of my life — Maritta Wolff
II. noun
( -s )
1.
a. : an instance of hopping : a short brisk leap especially on one leg
b.
(1) : bounce , rebound
the shortstop took it on the first hop
one mortar shell hit a tree, took a freak hop — Mack Morriss
(2) : a slight, sudden elevation taken by a fast pitched ball in its course of flight
2. : dance , ball
formal and informal hops — Career for Tomorrow
going to the junior hop
also : a party with dancing
3.
a. : a flight in an airplane usually of short duration
made his dramatic hop to Paris last week — New Republic
b. : a usually short or quick trip or excursion
supplement their rations with hops across the border — Richard Joseph
weekend hops to Paris — Sinclair Lewis
required long hops on bad trains — Virginia D. Dawson and Betty D. Wilson
c. : a ride given by a passing vehicle
hops most of the way, and a little walking — J.A.Michener
•
- on the hop
III. noun
( -s )
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch; akin to Old Saxon feld hoppo hop, Old High German hopfo hop, Norwegian hupp tassel, Old English scēaf sheaf — more at sheaf
1.
a. : a twining Eurasian vine ( Humulus lupulus ) with 3-lobed or 5-lobed leaves and small greenish dioecious flowers that is widely cultivated in America, occurs often as an escape, and is sometimes confused with a native hop plant ( H. Americanus )
b. hops plural : the ripened and dried pistillate cones of hop used chiefly to impart a bitter flavor to malt liquors and also in medicine as a tonic
2. slang : a narcotic drug ; especially : opium
IV. verb
( hopped ; hopped ; hopping ; hops )
transitive verb
1. : to impregnate with hops
2.
a.
(1) : to drug or stimulate with drugs : dope
I'm not drunk … I'm hopped to the eyes — Ernest Hemingway
— usually used with up
maybe he was hopped up on dope of some sort — Shirley A. Grau
(2) : to administer a stimulant to (a race horse)
b. : to stimulate or excite by any means : rouse — used with up
used those alumni banquets to hop everybody up — Millard Lampell
hopped up by the music — Morley Callaghan
c. : to increase the power of (an engine) or the power of the engine of (a vehicle) beyond an original rating — used with up
hop up the motor
intransitive verb
: to gather or grow hops