hop
verb /hɒp/
/hɑːp/
Verb Forms
Idioms present simple I / you / we / they hop | /hɒp/ /hɑːp/ |
he / she / it hops | /hɒps/ /hɑːps/ |
past simple hopped | /hɒpt/ /hɑːpt/ |
past participle hopped | /hɒpt/ /hɑːpt/ |
-ing form hopping | /ˈhɒpɪŋ/ /ˈhɑːpɪŋ/ |
- [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.
Extra Examples- He hopped up and down impatiently.
- She waited by the car, hopping from foot to foot to keep warm.
- He hopped painfully from foot to foot.
- The little girl hopped and skipped along the lane.
- [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.
- birds hopping around on the grass
- [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.
- [transitive] hop a plane, bus, train, etc. (North American English) to get on a plane, bus, etc.
- I hopped a plane for New York.
- I dumped my bags at a motel and hopped a cab to the outskirts of town.
- [intransitive] hop (from something to something) 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.
Word Originverb Old English hoppian, of Germanic origin; related to German dialect hopfen and German hopsen.
Idioms
hop it
- (old-fashioned, British English, informal) usually used in orders to tell somebody to go away synonym go away
- Go on, hop it!
- He hopped it out of the window.
hop to it (North American English)
(also jump to it British and North American English)
- (informal) used to tell somebody to hurry and do something quickly