English Explanatory Dictionary

hopping

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.
  2. The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of hop
noun
  1. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
  2. A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.
adj
  1. That uses hopping for locomotion.
  2. Of a location, crowded with people.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

hopping hoppings more hopping most hopping

Etymology

Alternative spelling (C17) of hoppe, from Middle French houbelon

Derived words

b-hopping bottom hopping bunnyhopping cafe-hopping channel-hopping club-hopping Darling Downs hopping mouse distro-hopping dry hopping flag-hopping freight hopping freighthopping groundhopping hopping Dick hoppingly hopping mad hopping mouse hopping vampire job-hopping lead hopping lindy-hopping lindy hopping Mitchell's hopping mouse quota-hopping scaffold hopping spy-hopping spy hopping swan hopping time-hopping train hopping
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