hop

Meanings

Noun

• 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.
• A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
• A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
• The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.
• The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers beer or ale is brewed.
• The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
• Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
• The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.

Verb

• To jump a short distance.
• To jump on one foot.
• To be in state of energetic activity.
• To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
• To jump onto, or over
• To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
• To dance.
• To walk lame; to limp.
• To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
• To gather hops.

Origin

• From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną, from Proto-Indo-European *kewb-. Cognate with Dutch hoppen, German hopfen, hoppen, Swedish hoppa, Icelandic hoppa.
• From Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô. Cognate with German Hopfen and French houblon.