Definitions for the word "Hop" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. i.
To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. i.
To walk lame; to limp; to halt.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To dance.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v. t.
To impregnate with hops.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
10. v. i.
To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
11. v.
(-pp-) 1 (of a bird, frog, etc.) Spring with two or all feet at once. 2 (of a person) jump on one foot. 3 move or go quickly (hopped over the fence). 4 cross (a ditch etc.) By hopping. n. 1 hopping movement. 2 colloq. Informal dance. 3 short journey, esp. A flight. hop in (or out) colloq. Get into (or out of) a car etc. Hop it slang go away. On the hop colloq. Unprepared (caught on the hop). [old english]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
12. n.
1 climbing plant bearing cones. 2 (in pl.) Its ripe cones, used to flavour beer. [low german or dutch]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
13. slang
a dance.—_Fashionable slang._
Source: The Slang Dictionary, 1864
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