hop

/hɔp/

Thân thiện

A rabbit makes a quick hop over a small log.

Definition

1. Noun:

   • A short jump or bounce: A light, quick jump, often done on one foot or by a small animal.
   • An informal social gathering with music and dancing: A casual dance party.
   • A climbing plant: A twining plant whose dried flowers (hops) are used to flavor beer.
   • A short flight or stage of a journey: One segment of a trip, especially by air.

2. Verb:

   • To make a short, quick jump: To move by making a light leap, often on one foot or with both feet together.
   • To move or act quickly: To go from one place or activity to another rapidly.
   • To board or catch a vehicle informally: To get on a vehicle, often without a formal ticket or arrangement.
   • To flavor with hops: To add hops to beer during brewing.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • The rabbit took a quick hop across the path.
  • They organized a school hop in the gymnasium.
  • The beer gets its bitter flavor from hops.
  • The flight from New York to Tokyo had a refueling hop in Anchorage.

• Verb:

  • The children hop on one foot during the game.
  • I need to hop over to the store before it closes.
  • He managed to hop a freight train heading west.
  • Brewers hop the beer at different stages for varying flavors.

Advanced Usage

• "Hop to it!": An idiom meaning to start doing something quickly and energetically.

  • The boss told us to hop to it and finish the report.

• "On the hop": British idiom meaning busy, active, or caught unprepared.

  • The constant phone calls kept him on the hop all day.

Variants and Related Words

• Hopper (n): A container with an opening at the bottom for dispensing grain or coal; also, a person or thing that hops.

  • The farmer filled the seed hopper.

• Hopping (adj/n): Very active or busy. Also, the present participle of the verb.

  • The marketplace was hopping with activity on Saturday.

Synonyms

• Jump (v/n): To propel oneself upward or forward; a leap.
• Skip (v): To move with light, bouncing steps.
• Bounce (v): To spring back after hitting a surface.
• Spring (v): To move suddenly or rapidly upward or forward.

Related Phrasal Verbs

• Hop in/on: To enter or board a vehicle quickly or informally.

  • Hop in the car, we're leaving now.

• Hop off: To get off or disembark from a vehicle.

  • You can hop off the bus at the next stop.

• Hop up: (Informal) To make something more powerful or exciting; also, to get up quickly.

  • They hopped up the engine for the race.

Related Idioms

• Hop, skip, and a jump: A very short distance.

  • The cafe is just a hop, skip, and a jump from here.

• Hop the twig/stick: (Slang) To die.

  • The old dog finally hopped the twig last night.

Học thuật

Noun

1. an informal dance where popular music is played
2. 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
3. the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)

Verb

1. make a jump forward or upward
2. jump across
   • He hopped the bush
3. traverse as if by a short airplane trip
   • Hop the Pacific Ocean
4. travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.
   • She hopped a train to Chicago
   • He hopped rides all over the country
5. move quickly from one place to another
6. jump lightly

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