hop
pronunciation
How to pronounce hop in British English:
UK [hɒp]
How to pronounce hop in American English:
US [hɑːp]
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- Noun:
- the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
- twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
- an informal dance where popular music is played
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- Verb:
- jump lightly
- move quickly from one place to another
- informal: travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.
- make a quick trip especially by air
- jump across
- make a jump forward or upward
Word Origin
- hop (v.)
- Old English hoppian "to spring, leap, dance," from Proto-Germanic *hupnojan (cognates: Old Norse hoppa, Dutch huppen, German hüpfen "to hop"). Related: Hopped; hopping.
- hop (n.1)
- usually hops, type of twining vine whose cones are used in brewing, etc., mid-15c., from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Proto-Germanic *hup-nan- (cognates: Old Saxon -hoppo, German Hopfen), of unknown origin.
- hop (n.2)
- "opium," 1887, from Cantonese nga-pin (pronounced HAH-peen) "opium," a Chinese folk etymology of the English word opium, literally "crow peelings." Re-folk-etymologized back into English by association with hop (n.1).
- hop (n.3)
- "a small jump," c. 1500, from hop (v.). Slang sense of "informal dancing party" is from 1731 (defined by Johnson as "a place where meaner people dance"). Meaning "short flight on an aircraft" is from 1909.
Example
- 1. I have a film called hop coming out easter weekend of next year .
- 2. Do you hop into bed still wearing your mascara ?
- 3. He must have had to bunny hop all the way up to gryffindor tower .
- 4. The humble hop , the plant that gives beer its distinctive flavour , is the main problem .
- 5. It 's so easy to hop on a plane and within hours be in a different time and place .