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单词 hoppy
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hoppyn.1

/ˈhɒpi/
Etymology: < hop n.2 + -y suffix6.
colloquial.
A lame man.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of visible parts > lameness or physical disability > [noun] > person
cripplec950
lameOE
maimed1340
halterc1440
maima1500
maim?a1500
Vulcan1600
lamester1639
limpard1653
vulcanist1656
lameter1823
gammy1893
hoppy1904
crip1918
gimp1925
1904 ‘No. 1500’ Life in Sing Sing xiii. 249/2 Hoppy, a cripple.
1909 S. Watson Wops the Waif iii. 5 Who-ay, Cully, here's Hoppy with the Rozin.
1962 J. Franklyn Dict. Nicknames 49 Hoppy, the nickname of anyone who walks with a limp.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

hoppyn.2

/ˈhɒpi/
Etymology: < hop n.1 + -y suffix6.
U.S. slang.
An opium addict. (Cf. hop n.1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [noun] > drug addict > addicted to opium
pipe1779
pipe-fiend1889
opiumate1894
hop fiend1898
hophead1911
hoppy1922
1922 E. F. Murphy Black Candle ii. i. 114 The Chinese here still furnish a large percentage of the ‘hoppies’.
1924 G. C. Henderson Keys to Crookdom xxiv. 301 Even the ‘hoppies’ themselves look down on a user of cocaine.
1941 B. Hecht 1001 Afternoons in N.Y. 129 A lush, a prosty, a hoppy, and a pain in the neck, say the police.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

hoppyadj.1

/ˈhɒpi/
Etymology: < hop n.1+ -y suffix1.
1. Tasting or smelling of hops; beery.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [adjective] > flavoured with hops
hopped1669
hoppy1893
1893 Harper's Mag. Feb. 458 Jest so it don't tas'e hoppy, I ain't pertic'lar; but from hoppy bread deliver me!
1964 Listener 26 Mar. 534/3 Over cool dinner, the sour hoppy breath.
2. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by drugs or drug-taking. U.S. slang. (Cf. hop n.1 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > [adjective]
druggy1919
hoppy1942
the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > drug addiction or craving > [adjective] > to opium
hoppy1942
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §509/30 Hoppy, smelling of drugs.
1946 M. Mezzrow & B. Wolfe Really Blues vii. 98 Detroit is really a hoppy town—people must order their opium along with their groceries.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2018).

hoppyadj.2

/ˈhɒpi/
Etymology: < hop n.2 + -y suffix1.
colloquial.
Characterized by, or predisposed to, hopping; lively, full of movement; limping, lame.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [adjective] > having specific manner of walking > with short swaying steps
waddling1662
hoppy1902
waddly1934
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [adjective] > hopping > of the nature of or characterized by
hop, step, and jump1783
hoppity1888
hoppy1902
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving swiftly and briskly
lightOE
quiverOE
wight1390
yerna1400
sharpc1440
fisking?1523
skeetc1540
nimblea1547
flit1590
brisk1599
brisky1600
smart1602
whipping1602
running1662
nimble-movinga1676
snack1710
brushing1792
adance1828
slippy1847
nippy1849
smartish1921
hoppy1934
1860 [see hoppiness n. at Derivatives].
1902 in Eng. Dial. Dict. III. 232 ‘To go hoppy’ is to walk rather lame. Among the working classes, lame persons are often nicknamed ‘Oppy’, as ‘Oppy Smith’, which denotes a certain Smith who is somewhat lame.
1914 J. Joyce Dubliners 166 He had a game leg and for this his friends called him Hoppy Holohan.
1934 A. Woollcott While Rome Burns (1936) 42 Juventino Rosas..who once wrote a pleasant and rather hoppy waltz.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §53/15 Rapid; quick, hoppy.
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §131/11 Crippled; lame, hoppy.
1968 K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 119 It's a damned good thing these hoppy bastards [sc. kangaroos] can't understand me.

Derivatives

ˈhoppiness n. hopping manner or quality.
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the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > leaping, springing, or jumping > [noun] > hopping > quality
hoppiness1860
1860 J. White Hist. France (ed. 2) 3 Animals [frogs]..the exact image of himself in hoppiness of motion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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