Meaning

11 senses
  1. (intransitive)To jump a short distance.

    hüpfen

    подпры́гиватьpodprýgivatʹ, подпры́гнутьpodprýgnutʹ, подска́кива́тьpodskákivátʹ

    jump lightly

  2. (intransitive)To jump on one foot.

    jump across

  3. (intransitive)To be in state of energetic activity.

    Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.

    The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping.

  4. (transitive)To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.

    I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.

    He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north.

    пры́гатьprýgatʹ, пры́гнутьprýgnutʹ

  5. (transitive)To jump onto, or over

    make a jump forward or upward

  6. (in compounds, intransitive, usually)To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.

    We were party-hopping all weekend.

    bar-hopping

    move quickly from one place to another

  7. (informal, intransitive)To go in a quick or sudden manner.

  8. (informal)To dance.

  9. (transitive)To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer

  10. (intransitive)To gather hops.

  11. (obsolete)To walk lame; to limp.

Examples

159 sentences
  1. Tom hopped on his motorcycle and drove off.

    Том стрибнув на свій мотоцикл та поїхав. — deniko

  2. Who's your favorite hip-hop artist?

  3. Beer contains hops.

    Пиво містить хміль. — oromashka

    ruВ пиве содержится хмель. — odexed

    deBier enthält Hopfen. — sarefo

  4. Tom hopped in the driver seat.

  5. Tom hopped in his car and drove off.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
jump a short distance:
to suddenly take transport:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
jump a short distance:

Origin

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”).

From Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup (“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance. Cognate with German Hopfen and French houblon.

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Forms

hops, hopping, hopped, hopped
Base formhop · to hop
3rd person singularhops
Present participlehopping
Past simplehopped
Past participlehopped

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyhop
he, she, ithops

Past simpleLesson

all personshopped

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave hopped
he, she, ithas hopped

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill hop

Phrasal verbs

6 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • jump lightly:skiphop-skip

Word family

33 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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