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A Writer's Dictionary:

hopped Definition


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hop1
verb hopped, hopping
    intr
    1. Said of a person: to jump up and down on one leg, especially forwards as a form of movement.
      Thesaurus: bound, caper, dance, frisk, jump, leap, limp, nip, prance, skip, spring, vault.
    intr
    2. Said of certain small birds, animals and insects: to move by jumping on both or all legs simultaneously.
    3. To walk lame; limp.
    4. To jump over something.
    intr
    5. colloq
      To move in a lively or agile way in the specified direction.
      Form: hop in, out (usually)
    6. colloq
      To make a short journey, especially by air.
      Form: hop over (usually)
noun
    1. An act of hopping; a jump on one leg.
      Thesaurus: jump, bounce, bound, leap, skip, spring, step.
    2. colloq
      A distance travelled in an aeroplane without stopping; a short journey by air.
    3. old use, colloq
      An informal dance.
Idiom: catch someone on the hop
    colloq
    To catch them unawares or by surprise.
Idiom: hop it
    (rit)
    slang
    To take oneself off; to leave.
Idiom: hopping mad
    colloq
    Very angry or furious.
Idiom: hop, skip and jump (hop, step and jump)
    A jump on one leg, a skip, and a leap with both legs. 2 as an athletic event: the former name for the triple jump.
Idiom: keep someone on the hop
    To keep someone busy, active or alert.
Idiom: on the hop
    In a state of restless activity.
Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hoppian to dance.





hop2
noun
    1. A tall perennial climbing plant or vine of the mulberry family, grown for its green cone-shaped female flowers, which are used to give a bitter flavour to beer.
    2a. The female flower of this plant, which contains the bitter flavours used in brewing and in medicine;
      Form: hops (usually)
    (US)
    2b. slang
      Any narcotic drug, especially opium.
      Form: hops (usually)
verb hopped, hopping
    intr
    1. To pick or gather hops.
    2. To flavour (beer) with hops.
Derivative: hopper
noun
    A person or machine that picks or gathers hops.
Derivative: hopping
noun
    The time of the hop harvest.
Derivative: hoppy
adj
    Smelling or tasting of hops.
Etymology: 15c as hoppe, from Dutch.



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