Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hepe, AS. he['o]pe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble
bush.] (Bot.)
The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose
({Rosa canina}). [Written also {hop}, {hep}.]
{Hip tree} (Bot.), the dog-rose.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hop \Hop\, v. t.
To impregnate with hops. --Mortimer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hop \Hop\, v. i.
To gather hops.
Usage: [Perhaps only in the form {Hopping}, vb. n.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hop \Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G.
hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel.
humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]
1. (Bot.) A climbing plant ({Humulus Lupulus}), having a
long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its
fruit (hops).
2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in
brewing to give a bitter taste.
3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See {Hip}.
{Hop back}. (Brewing) See under 1st {Back}.
{Hop clover} (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads
like hops in miniature ({Trifolium agrarium}, and {T.
procumbens}).
{Hop flea} (Zo["o]l.), a small flea beetle ({Haltica
concinna}), very injurious to hops.
{Hop fly} (Zo["o]l.), an aphid ({Phorodon humuli}), very
injurious to hop vines.
{Hop froth fly} (Zo["o]l.), an hemipterous insect
({Aphrophora interrupta}), allied to the cockoo spits. It
often does great damage to hop vines.
{Hop hornbeam} (Bot.), an American tree of the genus {Ostrya}
({O. Virginica}) the American ironwood; also, a European
species ({O. vulgaris}).
{Hop moth} (Zo["o]l.), a moth ({Hypena humuli}), which in the
larval state is very injurious to hop vines.
{Hop picker}, one who picks hops.
{Hop pole}, a pole used to support hop vines.
{Hop tree} (Bot.), a small American tree ({Ptelia
trifoliata}), having broad, flattened fruit in large
clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.
{Hop vine} (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hop \Hop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hopped}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hopping}.] [OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian;
akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G.
h["u]pfen.]
1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or
jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
[Birds] hopping from spray to spray. --Dryden.
2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. --Dryden.
3. To dance. --Smollett.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hop \Hop\, n.
1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a
jump; a spring.
2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.]
{Hop}, {skip} (or {step}), {and jump}, a game or athletic
sport in which the participants cover as much ground as
possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hop
n 1: the act of hopping (jumping upward or forward (especially on
one foot))
2: twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers
arranged in conelike spikes [syn: {hops}]
3: an informal dance where popular music is played [syn: {record
hop}]
v 1: jump lightly [syn: {skip}, {hop-skip}]
2: move quickly from one place to another
3: informal: travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She
hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the
country"
4: make a quick trip esp. by air; "Hop the Pacific Ocean"
5: jump across; "He hopped the bush"
6: make a jump forward or upward
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