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Entry 10 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Hop

/(hŏp)/ · IPA /hɑp/
01 v. i. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
imp. & p. p. Hopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping
  1. 1.
    To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
    “[Birds] hopping from spray to spray.” — Dryden.
  2. 2.
    To walk lame; to limp; to halt.
  3. 3.
    To dance.
02 n. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
  1. 1.
    A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
  2. 2.
    A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.[Colloq.]
Phrases & compounds
Hop, skip and jump — a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession.
03 n. A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
  1. 1.
    A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).(Bot.)
  2. 2.
    The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
  3. 3.
    The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. See: Hip
Phrases & compounds
Hop back — See under 1st Back.
Hop clover — a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and Trifolium procumbens).
Hop flea — a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops.
Hop fly — an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines.
Hop froth fly — an hemipterous insect (Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines.
Hop hornbeam — an American tree of the genus Ostrya (Ostrya Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (Ostrya vulgaris).
Hop moth — a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
Hop picker — one who picks hops.
Hop pole — a pole used to support hop vines.
Hop tree — a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
Hop vine — the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
04 v. t. To impregnate with hops.
  1. 1.
    To impregnate with hops.
05 v. i. To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]
  1. 1.
    To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.] See: Hopping
Syn.
[Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]