Definitions for hop

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IPA: /hɒp/

Hop is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 12 anagrams from letters in hop (hop).

Definitions for hop

noun

1. an act of hopping; short leap.
2. a leap on one foot.
3. a journey, especially a short trip by air.
4. Informal. a dance or dancing party.
5. a bounce or rebound of a moving object, as a ball:
6. any twining plant of the genus Humulus, bearing male flowers in loose clusters and female flowers in conelike forms.
7. hops, the dried ripe cones of the female flowers of this plant, used in brewing, medicine, etc.
8. Older Slang. a narcotic drug, especially opium.

Idioms

1. hop to it, Informal. to begin to move, become active, or do something immediately: Also, hop to.

Verb phrases

1. hop up, Slang. to excite; make enthusiastic: to add to the power of: to stimulate by narcotics.

verb (used with object)

1. to jump over; clear with a hop:
2. Informal. to board or get onto a vehicle:
3. Informal. to cross in an airplane:
4. to treat or flavor with hops.

verb (used without object)

1. to make a short, bouncing leap; move by leaping with all feet off the ground.
2. to spring or leap on one foot.
3. Informal. to make a short, quick trip, especially in an airplane:
4. Informal. to travel or move frequently from one place or situation to another (usually used in combination):
5. Informal. to dance.

Origin of hop

before 1000; Middle English hoppen (v.), Old English hoppian; cognate with German hopfen, Old Norse hoppa

Examples for hop

But an idea works in a brain like Natt's pretty much as the hop ferments.

The senator was at the airport in Orlando, waiting to hop a flight home to Texas so he could take his daughters trick-or-treating.

At night, however, he was able to attend the hop in the grand saloon.

They hop around the country begging for dollars, when they used to spend that time together, professionally and socially.

Well,” he added, “I believe that I will hop home and get some sleep.

hop over the sticks and lie crossed on the floor, And you're man and wife for nevermore.

Now, Blue Dog Democrats like Mary Landrieu are happy to hop on board.

“I went to a Jewish summer camp…” A van pulls up, and the two hop out, and immediately strip down and do a series of stretches.

That was the third hop vine she'd had from Mirandy Pendleton!

“If they ever want to throw me on a plane to come back and hop in for a part like that, I would be game,” she tells me.