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Webster 1913 Edition

Hop

Hop

(hŏp)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Hopped
(hŏpt)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Hopping
(hŏp′pĭng)
.]
[OE.
hoppen
to hop, leap, dance, AS.
hoppian
; akin to Icel. & Sw.
hoppa
, Dan.
hoppe
, D.
huppelen
, G.
hüpfen
.]
1.
To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
[Birds]
hopping
from spray to spray.
Dryden.
2.
To walk lame; to limp; to halt.
Dryden.
3.
To dance.
Smollett.

Hop

,
Noun.
1.
A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
2.
A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.
[Colloq.]

Hop

,
Noun.
[OE.
hoppe
; akin to D.
hop
,
hoppe
, OHG.
hopfo
, G.
hopfen
; cf. LL.
hupa
, W.
hopez
, Armor.
houpez
, and Icel.
humall
, SW. & Dan.
humle
.]
1.
(Bot.)
A climbing plant (
Humulus Lupulus
), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
2.
The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
3.
The fruit of the dog-rose. See
Hip
.
Hop back
.
(Brewing)
See under 1st
Back
.
–
Hop clover
(Bot.)
,
a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (
Trifolium agrarium
, and
Trifolium procumbens
).
–
Hop flea
(Zool.)
,
a small flea beetle (
Haltica concinna
), very injurious to hops.
–
Hop fly
(Zool.)
,
an aphid (
Phorodon humuli
), very injurious to hop vines.
–
Hop froth fly
(Zool.)
,
an hemipterous insect (
Aphrophora interrupta
), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines.
–
Hop hornbeam
(Bot.)
,
an American tree of the genus
Ostrya
(
Ostrya Virginica
) the American ironwood; also, a European species (
Ostrya vulgaris
).
–
Hop moth
(Zool.)
,
a moth (
Hypena humuli
), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
–
Hop picker
,
one who picks hops.
–
Hop pole
,
a pole used to support hop vines.
–
Hop tree
(Bot.)
,
a small American tree (
Ptelia trifoliata
), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
–
Hop vine
(Bot.)
,
the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.

Hop

,
Verb.
T.
To impregnate with hops.
Mortimer.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hop

HOP

,
Noun.
The fruit of the dog-rose, or wild brier.

Definition 2024

hop

hop

See also: hóp, hớp, họp, hộp, and hợp

English

Noun

hop ‎(plural hops)

  1. A short jump
  2. A jump on one leg.
  3. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on private plane.
  4. (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
  5. (US, dated) A dance.
  6. (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

hop ‎(third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)

  1. (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
    • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
      When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
  2. (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
  3. (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
    Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.
    The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping.
  4. (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
    I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
    He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north.
    He hopped a train to California.
  5. (intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
    We were party-hopping all weekend.
    We had to island hop on the weekly seaplane to get to his hideaway.
  6. (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
  7. To dance.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Smollett to this entry?)
Synonyms

(jump a short distance): jump, leap

Related terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hoppe. Cognate with German Hopfen.

Noun

hop ‎(plural hops)

  1. The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers, beer or ale is brewed.
  2. (chiefly in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
  3. (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
    • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 177:
      ‘You've been shot full of hop and kept under it until you're as crazy as two waltzing mice.’
  4. The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
Derived terms
Translations

Verb

hop ‎(third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)

  1. To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hopp ‎(“jump”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔp/, [hʌb̥]

Noun

hop n (singular definite hoppet, plural indefinite hop)

  1. jump
Inflection

Etymology 2

See hoppe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔp/, [hʌb̥]

Verb

hop

  1. imperative of hoppe

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔp/

Interjection

hop

  1. Voila!, hey presto!

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

hop c

  1. heap, collection; a whole bunch

Related terms

Etymology

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian ‎(“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *huppōną ‎(“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- ‎(“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch hoppen ‎(“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen ‎(“to hop”), Swedish hoppa ‎(“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa ‎(“to hop, skip”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɒp/
  • Rhymes: -ɒp
  • (US) IPA(key): /hɑp/

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