hop
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /hɒp/
- Rhymes: -ɒp
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /hɑp/
Audio (California): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /hɔp/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Etymology 1
[edit]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”).
Noun
[edit]hop (plural hops)
- A short jump.
- The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.
- A jump on one leg.
- A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
- 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
- My fellow passengers are a mixture of people returning from a day out in the capital, locals doing short hops, and a few (like me) heading farther afield.
- (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- (UK, US, slang, dated) A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
- 1896, Benjamin Brierley, James Dronsfield, "Ab-o'th'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short Stories
- One singing-room we had closed, and so damaged a "twopenny hop" that it could not have survived another season had our own prosperity continued unchecked.
- 1896, Benjamin Brierley, James Dronsfield, "Ab-o'th'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short Stories
- (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.
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Verb
[edit]hop (third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)
- (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
- 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:
- 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.
- (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
- (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.
- (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.
- (transitive) To jump onto, or over
- 2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic[1], Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 June 2018:
- They hop the curb and cut their engines.
- 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:
- As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.
- (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.
- (informal, intransitive) To go in a quick or sudden manner.
- 2010, Tony Gin, My Blessed Demons, page 285:
- We hopped on the freeway heading to LA and I looked over at the dashboard and saw the needle back on “E” and I told the guy, “Hey! You going to make it with the gas you got?"
- 2016, A.P. Jensen, Closure:
- Juliet shook her head as she hopped on the computer and greeted a customer who ambled in, blowing on her still wet nails.
- 2018, Sean Grigsby, Daughters of Forgotten Light:
- Spangler hopped up from the control panel and stretched, pressing his hands to his lower back.
- 2020, Michael Hewes, The Milk Wagon:
- She hopped on the computer and typed away, going back and forth between Mark's fake I.D., the deposit slip and the computer screen.
- (informal) To dance.
- (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.
- a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “(please specify the title)”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC:
- The limping smith […] hopping here and there, himself a jest […]
Derived terms
[edit]- barhop
- bed-hop
- b-hop
- bunny-hop
- cafe hop
- channel hop
- channel-hop
- club-hop
- distro-hop
- grasshopper
- head-hop
- hedge-hop
- hippety-hop
- hop about
- hop a freight
- hop and pop
- hop freight
- hop into
- hop it
- hop off
- hop-o'-my-thumb
- hop on
- hop on down to
- hop-on hop-off
- hopping mad
- hopscotch
- hop the twig
- hop the wag
- hop to it
- hop up
- job-hop
- movie hop
- spyhop
- summit-hop
- table-hop
Translations
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Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô. Cognate with German Hopfen and French houblon.
Noun
[edit]hop (plural hops)
- A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
- (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.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opium
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 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.
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Verb
[edit]hop (third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)
- (transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
- 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:
- If you brew in March or October, and have hopped it for long keeping […]
- (intransitive) To gather hops.
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[edit]Danish
[edit]Etymology 1
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[edit]Noun
[edit]hop n (singular definite hoppet, plural indefinite hop)
Inflection
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]See hoppe.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]hop
- imperative of hoppe
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch hoppe, ultimately from Latin upupa (“hoopoe”), which may have been borrowed through Old French huppe.
Noun
[edit]hop m (plural hoppen, diminutive hopje n)
- hoopoe, the species Upupa epops or an individual of this species
- any bird of the family Upupidae
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]hop (vogel) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Etymology 2
[edit]From Middle Dutch hoppe, 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 Saxon hoppo, Old High German hopfo, Middle English hoppe.
Noun
[edit]hop f (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]hop (plant) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Etymology 3
[edit]From hoppen, huppen (“to hop”).
Interjection
[edit]hop
- Synonym of hoppa (“let's go, hey presto, alley-oop”)
Derived terms
[edit]Noun
[edit]hop m (plural hoppen, diminutive hopje n)
References
[edit]- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
- Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Either a clipping of hoppu, or directly from Swedish hopp (“jump”). Consider also the synonym hopoti (“horse”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]hop
- General spurring interjection.
- Used to entice a horse into a run.
- 1913 SKVR VIII 1625. Piikkiö. Häyrinen Kalle 8. 13.
- Hop humma Huttalaan, / parastelle Pappilaa, / Pappilasta Koroissii, / Koroissista Käräjiin,
- Hop horse to Huttala ...
- 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 ...
- 1913 SKVR VIII 1625. Piikkiö. Häyrinen Kalle 8. 13.
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[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔp/
Audio: (file)
Interjection
[edit]hop
- voila!, hey presto!
Further reading
[edit]- “hop”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]hop
Etymology 2
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from Javindo hop (“stop”), from Dutch ophouden (“uphold, stop”).
Verb
[edit]hop
Further reading
[edit]- “hop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Irish
[edit]Noun
[edit]hop m (genitive singular hop, nominative plural hopanna)
- Alternative form of hap (“hop; blow”)
Declension
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Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hop”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]hop m (definite singular hopen, indefinite plural hoper, definite plural hopene)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “hop” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Norse hópr. Akin to English heap.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]hop m (definite singular hopen, indefinite plural hopar, definite plural hopane)
Derived terms
[edit]- alle i hop (“everyone”)
- alt i hop (“everything”)
- i hop (“together”)
- stjernehop
References
[edit]- “hop” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
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[edit]Interjection
[edit]hop
- used to encourage the listener to jump up or some other action; hop up! hop to it!
- (often reduplicated) used to determine where someone is (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- hop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- hop in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Southern Ohlone
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[edit]hop
Swedish
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Noun
[edit]hop c
- heap, collection; a whole bunch
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