hoppˈer noun

1. Someone who hops
2. A hopping or leaping animal, esp (US) a grasshopper
3. A jack or sticker of a piano
4. A shaking or moving receiver, funnel or trough (orig a shaking one) in which something is placed to be conveyed or fed, as to a mill
5. A barge with an opening in its bottom for discharging refuse
6. A railway wagon with an opening in the bottom for discharging its cargo
7. A container in which seed corn is carried for sowing
8. A device in early computers that held and passed on punched cards to a feed mechanism

-hopping combining form

1. Denoting: making quick journeys between, usu by air, as in island-hopping
2. (of an aircraft) skimming, as in hedge-hopping

hop-offˈ noun

The start of a flight

hopˈ-o'-my-thumb noun

(ie on my thumb) a pygmy

hopˈscotch noun

A game in which children hop over lines scotched or scored on the ground

hop it (slang)

To take oneself off, go away

hopping mad (informal)

Extremely angry

hop, skip (or step) and jump

A leap on one leg, a skip, and a jump with both legs as an athletic event, the triple jump

hop the twig (slang)

1. To escape one's creditors
2. To die

on the hop

1. In a state of restless activity
2. In the act, unawares, at the very moment

hop² /hop/

noun

1. A plant (Humulus lupulus) of the mulberry family with a long twining stalk
2. (in pl) its bitter catkin-like fruit-clusters used for flavouring beer and in medicine
3. Opium (old US sl)
4. Any narcotic (old slang)

transitive verb (hoppˈing; hopped)

To mix or flavour with hops

intransitive verb

To gather hops

hopped adjective

Impregnated with hops

hoppˈer noun

1. (also hopˈ-picker) a person who picks hops
2. A mechanical contrivance for stripping hops from the bines

hoppˈing noun

1. The act of gathering hops
2. The time of the hop harvest

hoppˈy adjective

Tasting of hops

hopˈbind or hopˈbine noun

The stalk of the hop

hopˈ-bitters noun

A drink like ginger beer, flavoured with hops

hopˈdog noun

1. The tussock moth caterpillar
2. A tool for pulling out hop-poles

hopˈ-flea noun

A small beetle that damages hops

hopˈ-fly noun

A greenfly that damages hops

hopˈ-garden noun

A field of hops

hopˈhead noun (derog sl)

1. A drug addict
2. A drunkard (Aust and NZ)

hopˈ-oast noun

A kiln for drying hops

hoppedˈ-up adjective (US sl)

1. Drugged
2. Under an exhilarating drug
3. Excited, agitated
4. Artificially stimulated
5. Made to seem exciting
6. Given added power

hopˈ-picker noun

A hopper

hop pillow noun

A pillow stuffed with hops, said to aid sleep

hopˈ-pocket noun

1. Coarse sack for hops
2. An amount of hops equal to approx 75 kilos or 11/2cwt

hopˈ-pole noun

A pole supporting a hopbine

hopˈ-sack or hopˈsack noun

A sack for hops

hopˈsack or hopˈ-sacking noun

1. Sacking for hops
2. Coarse fabric of hemp and jute, or woollen fabric with a roughened surface

hopˈ-tree noun

An American rutaceous shrub (Ptelea trifoliata) with bitter fruit, a substitute for hops

hopˈ-treˈfoil noun

A yellow clover

hopˈ-vine noun

1. Hop-plant
2. Its stem

hopˈ-yard noun

A field where hops are grown

hop up (old sl)

1. To excite, artificially stimulate
2. To drug