hop

Noun

• an informal dance where popular music is played

• twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer

• the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)

Verb

• make a jump forward or upward

• jump across
  • He hopped the bush
    

• traverse as if by a short airplane trip
  • Hop the Pacific Ocean
    

• travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.
  • She hopped a train to Chicago
    
  • He hopped rides all over the country
    

• move quickly from one place to another

• jump lightly

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  record hop , hops , skip , hop-skip