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Definitions and meaning of hop
hop
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA(key): /hɒp/
Rhymes: -ɒp
(US) IPA(key): /hɑp/
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishhoppen, from Old Englishhoppian(“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic*huppōną(“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European*kewb-(“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutchhoppen(“to hop”), Germanhopfen, hoppen(“to hop”), Swedishhoppa(“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandichoppa(“to hop, skip”).
Noun
hop (pluralhops)
A short jump.
A jump on one leg.
A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on a private plane.
(sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
(US, dated) A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
(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 presenthops, present participlehopping, simple past and past participlehopped)
(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.
Synonyms:jump, leap
(intransitive) To jump on one foot.
(intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
(transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
(transitive) To jump onto, or over
(intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
(obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.
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To dance.
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Related terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle Englishhoppe, from Middle Dutchhoppe, from Old Dutch*hoppo, from Proto-Germanic*huppô. Cognate with GermanHopfen and Frenchhoublon.
Noun
hop (pluralhops)
The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers, beer or ale is brewed.
(usually in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
(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.’
The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
hop (third-person singular simple presenthops, present participlehopping, simple past and past participlehopped)
(transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
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From Middle Dutchhoppe, ultimately from Latinupupa(“hoopoe”), which may have been borrowed through Old Frenchhuppe.
Noun
hopm (pluralhoppen, diminutivehopjen)
hoopoe, the species Upupa epops or an individual of this species
any bird of the family Upupidae
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutchhoppe, from Old Dutch*hoppo, from Proto-Germanic*huppô(“hops”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European*(s)keup(“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance. Compare Old Saxonhoppo, Old High Germanhopfo, Middle Englishhoppe.
Noun
hopf (uncountable)
hop, Humulus lupulus
Derived terms
drooghoppen
hoppig
Descendants
Afrikaans: hop
→ Japanese: ホップ
Etymology 3
From hoppen, huppen(“to hop”).
Interjection
hop
go, get going
Noun
hopm (pluralhoppen, diminutivehopjen)
a hop, a short jump
References
“hop” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2021.
Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Finnish
Etymology
Either a clipping of hoppu, or directly from Swedishhopp(“jump”). Consider also the synonym hopoti(“horse”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈhop/, [ˈho̞p]
Rhymes: -op
Syllabification: hop
Interjection
hop
General spurring interjection.
Used to entice a horse into a run.
1913 SKVR VIII 1625. Piikkiö. Häyrinen Kalle 8. 13.
1913 SKVR IX1 352. Renko. Salo Aukusti. HO 24 239. 13.
Mee ny kuultaan kirkonkellot. / Muut kuulee karjan kellot / Hop tamma / Ei ilman haluta / Jos ei poika likkaa taluta.
... Hop mare ...
1915 SKVR XIV 1026. Myrskylä. Salminen, T. 117. 15.
Hop hoppa kirkkoo! / Aja mummun aitan etee / Saat voitakaakkuu
Hop horse to church / Run to the front of grandmother's granary ...
Synonyms
hopoti
hopoti hoi
Related terms
hopo
hoppa
hopotiti hoi
hoputtaa
French
Pronunciation
(aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔp/
Interjection
hop
Voila!, hey presto!
Further reading
“hop” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutchhoofd(“head”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /hop/
Hyphenation: hop
Noun
hop
head, (of an organisation), chief, boss
Synonym:kepala
Further reading
“hop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.