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verb (hops, hopping, hopped)

• (of a person) move by jumping on one foot.
• (of a bird or other animal) move by jumping with two or all feet at once:a blackbird was hopping around in the sun
• spring or leap a short distance with one jump:he hopped down from the rock
• [with object] jump over (something):the cow hopped the fence
• informal pass quickly from one place to another:let’s hop over to the bar
• make a quick change of position, location, or activity:over the years he hopped from one department to another
• [with object] informal board (a bus, airplane, or other mode of transportation):she hopped a train in Winnipeg
• [with object] informal jump onto (a moving vehicle):ex-soldiers looking for work hopped freight trains heading west
• [usually as nounin combination] (-hopping) (of an aircraft or ferry) pass quickly from one place to another:two-week island-hopping packages
• (hop it) British informal go away quickly.

noun

• 1a hopping movement.
• a short journey or distance:a short hop by cab from Soho

• 2an informal dance.