hop
1. the act of hopping;
jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot) (Freq. 1)
• Hypernyms:
jump, jumping
2. twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes;
the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
• Syn:
hops
• Hypernyms:
vine
• Hyponyms:
common hop, common hops, bine, European hop, Humulus lupulus,
American hop, Humulus americanus, Japanese hop, Humulus japonicus
• Member Holonyms:
Humulus, genus Humulus
3. an informal dance where popular music is played
• Syn:
record hop
• Hypernyms:
dance
1. jump lightly (Freq. 7)
• Syn:
skip, hop-skip
• See Also:
skip over (for: skip), hop on
• Derivationally related forms:
skip (for: skip), hopper
• Hypernyms:
jump, leap, bound, spring
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. move quickly from one place to another (Freq. 1)
• Derivationally related forms:
hopper
• Hypernyms:
move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- The crowds hop in the streets
- The streets hop with crowds
3. travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc. (Freq. 1)
- She hopped a train to Chicago
- He hopped rides all over the country
• Hypernyms:
travel
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. traverse as if by a short airplane trip
- Hop the Pacific Ocean
• Hypernyms:
traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over,
get over, get across, cut through, cut across
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
5. jump across
- He hopped the bush
• Hypernyms:
clear, top
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
6. make a jump forward or upward
• Hypernyms:
jump, leap, bound, spring
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
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