To treat with hops: as, to hop ale.
To pick or gather hops.
To leap, or move by successive leaps or sudden starts; skip, as birds; frisk or dance about; spring; specifically, as applied to persons, to spring or leap with one foot.
To limp; halt; walk lame.
To dance.
Synonyms Leap, Trip, etc. See skip.
To jump over.
In cutting rasps, to carry (the punch) with a skipping movement the required distance between the teeth: as, to hop the punch.
To die.
Synonyms See skip, v. i.
noun.
A leap, especially on one foot; a light spring.
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A dance; a dancing-party.
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A plant, Humulus Lupulus, of the natural order Urticaceœ, with long twining stems and abundant 3- to 5-lobed leaves.
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plural The flowers of this plant, as used in brewing, medicine, etc.
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Wood fit for hop-poles.
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In Tasmania, a leguminous shrub, Daviesia latifolia. Also called bitter-leaf.
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Same as native hop .