hop
/hɑp/ noun B1- A short jump. · The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.
- A jump on one leg.
- A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
- A brief period of development or progress. · For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television.
- A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.
Plural hops
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
Then Josie Pye dared Jane Andrews to hop on her left leg around the garden without stopping once or putting her right foot to the ground; which Jane Andrews gamely tried to do, but gave out at the third corner and had to confess herself defeated.
And I’m sure I couldn’t hop so far on one foot when Jane couldn’t even hop around the garden.”
“That’s all right,” said the man; “hop in, and we’re off!
Other matches
- hop To jump a short distance. C2
- hop To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops... C2
- hop Synonym of half-op. C2
- hop A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to n... C2
- hop about To jump around from place to place as a small b...
- hop in To enter a vehicle, especially a car.
- hop into To begin
- hop off To alight.
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