hop

hop

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English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /hɒp/
  • Rhymes: -ɒp
  • (US, Canada) IPA(key): /hɑp/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /hɔp/

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).

Noun

hop (plural hops)

  1. A short jump.
  2. A jump on one leg.
  3. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
  4. (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
  5. (UK, US, slang, dated) A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
    • 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.
  6. (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.
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Verb

hop (third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)

  1. (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
    Synonyms: jump, leap
  2. (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
  3. (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
  4. (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
  5. (transitive) To jump onto, or over
  6. (intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
  7. (informal, intransitive) To go in a quick or sudden manner.
  8. (informal) To dance.
  9. (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô. Cognate with German Hopfen and French houblon.

Noun

hop (plural hops)

  1. A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
  3. (usually in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
  4. (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opium
  5. The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
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Verb

hop (third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)

  1. (transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
  2. (intransitive) To gather hops.
Translations

Etymology 3

Noun

hop (plural hops)

  1. (Internet) Synonym of half-op

Anagrams

  • OHP, PHO, POH, Pho, pOH, pho, poh

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hopp (“jump”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔp/, [hʌb̥]

Noun

hop n (singular definite hoppet, plural indefinite hop)

  1. jump
Inflection

Etymology 2

See hoppe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hɔp/, [hʌb̥]

Verb

hop

  1. imperative of hoppe

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɦɔp/
  • Hyphenation: hop
  • Rhymes: -ɔp

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hoppe, ultimately from Latin upupa (“hoopoe”), which may have been borrowed through Old French huppe.

Noun

hop m (plural hoppen, diminutive hopje n)

  1. hoopoe, the species Upupa epops or an individual of this species
  2. any bird of the family Upupidae
Derived terms
  • twaalfdradige paradijshop

Further reading

  • hop (vogel) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô (“hops”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup (“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance. Compare Old Saxon hoppo, Old High German hopfo, Middle English hoppe.

Noun

hop f (uncountable)

  1. hop, Humulus lupulus
Derived terms
  • hoppen
  • hoppig
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: hop
  • → Japanese: ホップ

Further reading

  • hop (plant) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl

Etymology 3

From hoppen, huppen (“to hop”).

Interjection

hop

  1. Synonym of hoppa (“let's go, hey presto, alley-oop”)
Derived terms

Noun

hop m (plural hoppen, diminutive hopje n)

  1. a hop, a short jump

References

  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “hop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
  • Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Finnish

Etymology

Either a clipping of hoppu, or directly from Swedish hopp (“jump”). Consider also the synonym hopoti (“horse”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈhop/, [ˈho̞p]
  • Rhymes: -op
  • Hyphenation(key): hop

Interjection

hop

  1. General spurring interjection.
  2. Used to entice a horse into a run.
    • 1913 SKVR VIII 1625. Piikkiö. Häyrinen Kalle 8. 13.
    • 1913 SKVR IX1 352. Renko. Salo Aukusti. HO 24 239. 13.
    • 1915 SKVR XIV 1026. Myrskylä. Salminen, T. 117. 15.

Synonyms

  • hopoti
  • hopoti hoi

Related terms

  • hopo
  • hoppa
  • hopotiti hoi
  • hoputtaa

French

Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔp/

Interjection

hop

  1. voila!, hey presto!

Further reading

  • “hop”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /hop/
  • Hyphenation: hop

Etymology 1

From Dutch hoofd (“head”).

Noun

hop

  1. head, (of an organisation), chief, boss
    Synonym: kepala

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from Javindo hop (“stop”), from Dutch ophouden (“uphold, stop”).

Verb

hop

  1. (Java, colloquial) to stop
    Synonyms: stop, setop, berhenti, mandek

Further reading

  • “hop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Noun

hop m (genitive singular hop, nominative plural hopanna)

  1. Alternative form of hap (“hop; blow”)

Declension

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hop”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hópr.

Noun

hop m (definite singular hopen, indefinite plural hoper, definite plural hopene)

  1. heap, pile, crowd, multitude, cluster

Derived terms

  • stjernehop

References

  • “hop” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hópr. Akin to English heap.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /huːp/

Noun

hop m (definite singular hopen, indefinite plural hopar, definite plural hopane)

  1. flock, heap, gathering

Derived terms

References

  • “hop” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /xop/, [hop]

Noun

hop ?

  1. (Late Old English) a small enclosed valley

Usage notes

  1. This word is found only in compounds.

References

  • Charles Talbot Onions, editor (1966), The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, London, England: Oxford University Press, page 447

Polish

Alternative forms

  • hopla, hops, hopsa, hopsasa

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxɔp/
  • Rhymes: -ɔp
  • Syllabification: hop

Interjection

hop

  1. used to encourage the listener to jump up or some other action; hop up! hop to it!
  2. (often reduplicated) used to determine where someone is (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

Derived terms

Further reading

  • hop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • hop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Southern Ohlone

Noun

hop

  1. redwood tree

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hópr.

Pronunciation

Noun

hop c

  1. heap, collection; a whole bunch

Related terms

  • hopa

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