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Added 7 October 2026

hop

/hɒp/ symbol

In Latin: lupulus Wiktionary

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ISO 639-3 language code for Hopi.

noun

A short jump.
The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.
A jump on one leg.
A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.

verb

To jump a short distance.
To jump on one foot.
To be in state of energetic activity.
Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.

noun

A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer.
Opium, or some other narcotic drug.

Origin

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Danish hoppe (“to hop, leap, jump”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).

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