intransitive verb hopped, hopping hop′·ping

1. to make a short leap or leaps on one foot
2. to move by leaping or springing on both, or all, feet at once, as a bird, frog, etc. does
3. Informal
   1. to go or move briskly or in bounces
   2. to take a short, quick trip: with up, down, or over

Etymology: ME hoppen < OE hoppian, akin to Ger hüpfen < IE *keub- < base *keu-, to bend, curve > hip, L cumbere, to lie: basic sense prob. “to bend forward”

transitive verb

1. to jump over to hop a fence
2. ☆ to get aboard to hop a train
3. Informal to fly over in an airplane

noun

1. an act or instance of hopping
2. ☆ a bounce, as of a baseball
3. Informal a dance, esp. an informal one
4. Informal a short flight in an airplane

noun

1. a rough twining vine (Humulus lupulus) of the hemp family, having the female flowers borne in small cones covered with bladdery bracts
2. the dried ripe cones of the female flowers, used for giving beer, ale, etc., a bitter taste and in medicine as a sedative
3. ☆ Slang a narcotic drug; esp., opium

Etymology: LME hoppe < MDu, akin to Ger hopfen

transitive verb hopped, hopping hop′·ping