Tra từ hop - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hop [hop hops hopped hopping] verb, noun BrE [hɒp] NAmE [hɑːp]
verb (-pp-)
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) (of a person)to move by jumping on one foot
•I couldn't put my weight on my ankle and had to hop everywhere.
•kids hopping over puddles
•He was hopping from foot to foot.
2. intransitive + adv./prep. (of an animal or a bird)to move by jumping with all or both feet together
•A robin was hopping around on the path.
•The frog hopped towards him.
3. intransitive + adv./prep. (informal)to go or move somewhere quickly and suddenly
•Hop in, I'll drive you home.
•She hopped out of the car at the traffic lights.
•to hop into/out of bed
•I hopped on the next train.
•We hopped over to Paris for the weekend.
4. transitive ~ a plane, bus, train, etc. (NAmE)to get on a plane, bus, etc.
5. intransitive ~ (from sth to sth) to change from one activity or subject to another
•I like to hop from channel to channel when I watch TV.
•She's always hopping from one project to the next.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 3 n. sense 6 Old English hoppian Germanic German hopfen German hopsen n. senses 4 to 5 late Middle English hoppe ‘ripened hop cones for flavouring malt liquor’ Middle Low German Middle Dutch

Example Bank:
•He hopped up and down impatiently.
•She waited by the car, hopping from foot to foot to keep warm.
•birds hopping around on the grass
•He hopped painfully from foot to foot.
•Hop in. I'll drive you home.
•I couldn't put any weight on my ankle and had to hop everywhere.
•I dumped my bags at a motel and hopped a cab to the outskirts of town.
•I hopped a plane for New York.
•I hopped on the next bus.
•The little girl hopped and skipped along the lane.
Idioms: ↑hop it ▪ ↑hop to it

noun
1. countable a short jump by a person on one foot
•He crossed the hall with a hop, skip and a jump.
2. countable a short jump by an animal or a bird with all or both feet together
3. countable a short journey, especially by plane
4. countable a tall climbing plant with green female flowers that are shaped like ↑cones
5. hopsplural the green female flowers of the hop plant that have been dried, used for making beer
6. countable (old-fashioned, informal)a social event at which people dance in an informal way
see also ↑hip hop, see catch sb on the hop at ↑catch _v.

Word Origin:
v. and n. senses 1 to 3 n. sense 6 Old English hoppian Germanic German hopfen German hopsen n. senses 4 to 5 late Middle English hoppe ‘ripened hop cones for flavouring malt liquor’ Middle Low German Middle Dutch

Example Bank:
•She gave a little hop and a skip to keep up with his long strides.
•He crossed the hall with a hop, a skip and a jump.
•It's only a short hop to Paris.