Definitions for hops

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hops hop

Spelling: [hop]

IPA: /hɒp/

Hops is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 30 anagrams from letters in hops (hops).

Definitions for hops

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 hops

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

Examples for hops

Marvin hops over the edge of his retaining wall, which he built.

And she hops into Sam's buggy and away they go to the minister's.

The human body is not for him, so he grabs his bag and hops off.

Erwan hops on the log, keeps his back board-straight, and prowls away.

Flowers with a disagreeable odor; fruit bitter, somewhat like hops.

hops are an aromatic grateful bitter, very wholesome, and undoubtedly efficacious in giving both flavour and strength to the beer.

It's a bright, drinkable IPA made with dry American hops giving the nose hints of mango and passion fruit.

When the full hour of brisk boiling has expired, put out the fire, draw off the liquor, leaving the hops of course in E.

He hops up and down like a little boy—though at 23, he is a boy, really—as the names of the other nominees are called out.

Twenty-Five years after joining Rogue Ales, he still has his passion—and an obsession with hops.