Definition of "hop" in Anglais

noun

1. A short jump.

   • The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.

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. (informal, figurative) 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.

5. (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.

6. (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.

7. (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.

verb

1. (intransitive) To jump a short distance.

2. (intransitive) To jump on one foot.

3. (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.

   • Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.
   • The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping.

4. (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.

   • I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
   • He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north.
   • He hopped a train to California.

5. (transitive) To jump onto, or over

6. (intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.

   • We were party-hopping all weekend.
   • bar-hopping
   • We had to island-hop on the weekly seaplane to get to his hideaway.

7. (informal, intransitive) To go in a quick or sudden manner.

8. (informal) To dance.

9. (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.

noun

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.

2. (usually in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.

3. (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.