hopverb
uk/hɒp/us/hɑːp/-pp-C2 [ I ] to jump on one foot or to move about in this way:
C1 [ I + adv/prep ] informal to go somewhere quickly or to get into or out of a vehicle quickly:
C2 [ I ] If a small animal, bird, or insect hops, it moves by jumping on all or two of its feet at the same time:
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- Can you hop on your left leg?
- The children were hopping around the playground.
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Hurrying and doing things quickly
- accelerate
- acceleration
- against the clock idiom
- against time/the clock idiom
- alacrity
- dash
- dose
- grease
- haste
- hasten
- hasty
- hit/press/push the panic button idiom
- rattle through sth
- rush
- rush into sth
- rush job
- rushed
- scrabble
- snap
- throw
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hopnoun
uk/hɒp/us/hɑːp/hop noun (JUMP)
[ C ] a short jump by a person on one foot, or by a small animal, bird, or insect on all or two of its feet at the same time:
to be a short distance, especially by plane:
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Air travel: travelling by aircraft
- air rage
- blast off
- coach class
- cruise
- economy-class syndrome
- flown
- flying
- flypast
- fogbound
- ground
- holding pattern
- land
- landfall
- lift
- navigation
- pilot
- reclaim
- red-eye
- scramble
- taxi
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hop noun (PLANT)
the dried fruits of a climbing plant, used to give a bitter flavour to beer
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Beer & cider
- ale
- beer
- beer mat
- bitter
- brew
- draught
- hoppy
- jar
- keg party
- lager
- microbrew
- mild
- mug
- pint
- rough cider
- scrumpy
- shandy
- stein
- stout
- suds
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hopadjective [ before noun ]
uk/hɒp/us/hɑːp/relating to hops:
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Crop plants & economic plants
- beet
- canola
- cash crop
- cassava
- clover
- flax
- hemp
- linseed
- manioc
- rabi
- rape
- safflower
- sisal
- subsistence crop
- sugar beet
- sugar cane