- [countable] a short jump by a person on one foot
- He crossed the hall with a hop, skip and a jump.
- She gave a little hop and a skip to keep up with his long strides.
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- [countable] a short jump by an animal or a bird with all or both feet together see also bunny-hopTopics Birdsc1
- [countable] a short journey, especially by plane
- It's only a short hop to Paris.
- [countable] a tall climbing plant with green female flowers that are like cones in shapeTopics Plants and treesc2
- hops[plural] the green female flowers of the hop plant that have been dried, used for making beerTopics Plants and treesc2
- [countable] (old-fashioned, informal) a social event at which people dance in an informal way see also hip-hop, trip hop
Word Originnoun senses 1 to 3 and noun sense 6 Old English hoppian, of Germanic origin; related to German dialect hopfen and German hopsen. noun senses 4 to 5 late Middle English hoppe (in the sense ‘ripened hop cones for flavouring malt liquor’), from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch.
Idioms
See hop in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarycatch somebody on the hop
- (informal) to surprise somebody by doing something when they are not expecting it and not ready for it
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