1. Jump lightly
   "The children hop-skipped across the playground";
   - skip, hop-skip
    
2. Make a jump forward or upward
   "The rabbit hopped across the field"
    
3. Jump across
   "He hopped the bush"
    
4. Move quickly from one place to another
   "We hopped from bar to bar"
    
5. Travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.
   "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country"
    
6. Traverse as if by a short aeroplane trip
   "Hop the Pacific Ocean"

1. The act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
   "The children's game of hopscotch involves a series of hops"
    
2. An informal dance where popular music is played
   "Teenagers flocked to the record hop at the community centre";
   - record hop [informal]
    
3. European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavour malt liquors; cultivated in America
   "The brewery grew its own hops for beer production";
   - common hop, European hop, Humulus lupulus
    
4. Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer
   "The brewery grew its own hops to ensure quality and freshness";
   - hops

Derived forms: hops, hopping, hopped

Type of: bound, clear, cover, cross, cut across, cut through, dance, get across, get over, jump, jumping, leap, move, pass over, spring, top, track, travel, traverse, vine

Part of: genus Humulus, Humulus

Encyclopedia: Hop, skip, and a jump