Meaning of hop | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A short jump.
2. Synonym of half-op.
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3. A lake near Blönduós in Iceland.
4. A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
5. A surname from Dutch.
6. Ellipsis of John Hop (“a police officer”).
   Australia, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, slang
7. Synonym of Mari (etymology 3)
8. A jump on one leg.
9. The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer.
   plural-normally
10. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
11. Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
    US, slang
12. The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
13. A brief period of development or progress.
    figuratively, informal
14. A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
    US
15. A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
    UK, US, dated, slang
16. The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.

Equivalents

Examples

“The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.”

“My fellow passengers are a mixture of people returning from a day out in the capital, locals doing short hops, and a few (like me) heading farther afield.”

“For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television.”

“1896, Benjamin Brierley, James Dronsfield, "Ab-o'th'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short Stories One singing-room we had closed, and so damaged a "twopenny hop" that it could not have survived another season had our own prosperity continued unchecked.”

“‘You've been shot full of hop and kept under it until you're as crazy as two waltzing mice.’”

“"Police!" snarled Jack. "Bloody Johnny Hops! They couldn't hold a sucking pig in their hands, unless somebody hung on to its tail for them. It's our boys who've got things in hand. And handed them over to the Hops."”

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