hop
English
Etymology 1
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
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 take place on private plane.
- (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- (US, dated) A dance.
- (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.
Translations
Verb
hop (third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)
- (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.
- 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V
- (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, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, ISSN 0027-9358, OCLC 1049714034, archived from the original on 14 June 2018:
- They hop the curb and cut their engines.
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- (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.
- (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)
- To dance.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Smollett to this entry?)
Translations
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Etymology 2
From Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô. Cognate with German Hopfen and French houblon.
Noun
hop (plural hops)
- 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.’
- 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 177:
- The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
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Verb
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
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Mortimer to this entry?)
- (intransitive) To gather hops.
Danish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔp/, [hʌb̥]
Inflection
Etymology 2
See hoppe.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɔp/, [hʌb̥]
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɔp/
- Hyphenation: hop
- Rhymes: -ɔp
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch hoppe.
Noun
hop m (plural hoppen, diminutive hopje n)
- hoopoe, the species Upupa epops or an individual of this species
- any bird of the family Upupidae
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch hoppe.
Etymology 3
From hoppen.
Finnish
Etymology
Either a clipping of hoppu, or directly from Swedish hopp (“jump”). Consider also the synonym hopoti (“horse”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈhop]
- Rhymes: -op
- Hyphenation: hop
Interjection
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 ...
- Hop humma Huttalaan, / parastelle Pappilaa, / Pappilasta Koroissii, / Koroissista Käräjiin,
- 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 ...
- Mee ny kuultaan kirkonkellot. / Muut kuulee karjan kellot / Hop tamma / Ei ilman haluta / Jos ei poika likkaa taluta.
- 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 ...
- Hop hoppa kirkkoo! / Aja mummun aitan etee / Saat voitakaakkuu
- 1913 SKVR VIII 1625. Piikkiö. Häyrinen Kalle 8. 13.
Synonyms
French
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔp/
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Further reading
- “hop” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Irish
Declension
Fourth declension
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Norwegian Bokmål
Derived terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /huːp/
Derived terms
- i hop (“together”)
- alle i hop (“everyone”)
- alt i hop (“everything”)
- stjernehop