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noun

• a twining climbing plant native to north temperate regions, cultivated for the conelike flowers borne by the female plant, which are used in brewing beer.

  • Humulus lupulus, family Cannabaceae (or Cannabidaceae)
• (hops) the dried conelike flowers of the hop plant, used in brewing to give a bitter flavor and as a mild sterilant.

verb (hops, hopping, hopped)

• 1 [with object] flavor with hops:a strong dark beer, heavily hopped

• 2 (be hopped up) informal be stimulated or intoxicated by or as if by a psychoactive drug.