hop

/hɔp/

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Understanding the Word "Hop"

Definition: The word "hop" can be used as both a noun and a verb and has a few different meanings.

Usage Instructions:

• Use "hop" to describe both playful jumping and casual movements or travels.
• It can be used in both serious and informal conversations.

Example Sentences:

1. Dance: "We had so much fun at the hop; everyone was dancing!"
2. Plant: "The brewer explained how hops give beer its bitter flavor."
3. Jumping: "The rabbit hopped away when it saw us."
4. Travel: "After work, I hopped a bus to the city."

Advanced Usage:

• Crossing Distance: "He hopped the Pacific Ocean," which means he traveled quickly across the ocean, usually by plane.
• Informal Travel: "She hopped rides all over the country," indicating she traveled informally by getting rides from different people or vehicles.

Word Variants:

• Hopper (noun): A person or object that hops. For example, "The hopper jumped from one rock to another."
• Hopping (verb): The act of jumping. For example, "The kids were hopping around the yard."

Different Meanings:

• Hops (the plant): Besides the act of jumping, "hops" refers to the actual flowers used in brewing beer.
• Hopping mad: An idiom meaning to be very angry. For example, "She was hopping mad when she found out someone took her book."

Synonyms:

• Jump: To leap or spring off the ground.
• Spring: To move suddenly or quickly.
• Bounce: To rebound off a surface; can be used similarly in some contexts.

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs:

• Hop to it: This means to get started on something quickly. For example, "We need to hop to it if we want to finish on time."
• Hop on/off: To quickly get on or off a vehicle.

Academic

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

Synonyms

• record hop
• hops
• skip
• hop-skip