# hop
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /hɒp/
* Rhymes: -ɒp
* (US, Canada) IPA: /hɑp/
** Audio (California):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /hɔp/
** Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”).
Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).

#### Noun

hop (plural hops)
* A short jump.
    The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.
* A jump on one leg.
* A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
** 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:My fellow passengers are a mixture of people returning from a day out in the capital, locals doing short hops, and a few (like me) heading farther afield.
* (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
* (UK, US, slang, dated) A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
** 1896, Benjamin Brierley, James Dronsfield, "Ab-o'th'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short Stories
    One singing-room we had closed, and so damaged a "twopenny hop" that it could not have survived another season had our own prosperity continued unchecked.
* (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.

##### Derived terms

* bad hop
* bunny hop
* car hop
* caught on the hop
* hip-hop
* hippety-hop
* hop and bop
* hop merchant
* in-between hop
* Lindy Hop
* long hop
* on the hop
* record hop
* side-straddle hop
* sock hop
* spyhop

##### Translations
#### Verb

hop (third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)
* (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
    Synonyms: jump, leap
** 1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Hugo Gernsback, editor, Amazing Stories, (please specify |part=I to III), New York, N.Y.: Experimenter Publishing, 1927, →OCLC:When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.
* (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
* (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
    Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.
    The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping.
* (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
    I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
    He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north.
    He hopped a train to California.
* (transitive) To jump onto, or over
** 2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just a Memory?”, in National Geographic‎, Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 June 2018:They hop the curb and cut their engines.
** 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68:As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.
* (intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
    We were party-hopping all weekend.
    bar-hopping
    We had to island-hop on the weekly seaplane to get to his hideaway.
* (informal, intransitive) To go in a quick or sudden manner.
** 2010, Tony Gin, My Blessed Demons, page 285:We hopped on the freeway heading to LA and I looked over at the dashboard and saw the needle back on “E” and I told the guy, “Hey! You going to make it with the gas you got?"
** 2016, A.P. Jensen, Closure:Juliet shook her head as she hopped on the computer and greeted a customer who ambled in, blowing on her still wet nails.
** 2018, Sean Grigsby, Daughters of Forgotten Light:Spangler hopped up from the control panel and stretched, pressing his hands to his lower back.
** 2020, Michael Hewes, The Milk Wagon:She hopped on the computer and typed away, going back and forth between Mark's fake I.D., the deposit slip and the computer screen.
* (informal) To dance.
* (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.
** a. 1701 (date written), John Dryden, “(please specify the title)”, in The Miscellaneous Works of John Dryden, […], volume IV, London: […] J[acob] and R[ichard] Tonson, […], published 1760, →OCLC:The limping smith […] hopping here and there, himself a jest […]

##### Derived terms

* barhop
* bed-hop
* b-hop
* bunny-hop
* cafe hop
* channel hop
* channel-hop
* club-hop
* distro-hop
* grasshopper
* head-hop
* hedge-hop
* hippety-hop
* hop about
* hop a freight
* hop and pop
* hop freight
* hop into
* hop it
* hop off
* hop-o'-my-thumb
* hop on
* hop on down to
* hop-on hop-off
* hopping mad
* hopscotch
* hop the twig
* hop the wag
* hop to it
* hop up
* job-hop
* movie hop
* spyhop
* summit-hop
* table-hop

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup (“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance. Cognate with German Hopfen and French houblon.

#### Noun

hop (plural hops)
* A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.
* (usually in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
* (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opium
** 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin, published 2010, page 177:‘You've been shot full of hop and kept under it until you're as crazy as two waltzing mice.’
* The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.

##### Derived terms

* dry hop
* dry-hopped
* hopback
* hopbush
* hop dog
* hop field
* hop flea
* hop fly
* hop-forward
* hop garden
* hophead
* hophornbeam
* hop joint
* hop picker
* hop pocket
* Hop Pole
* hop pole
* hoppy
* Japanese hop
* mad as hops
* noble hops

##### Translations
#### Verb

hop (third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)
* (transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
** 1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC:If you brew in March or October, and have hopped it for long keeping […]
* (intransitive) To gather hops.

##### Translations
### Etymology 3
#### Noun

hop (plural hops)
* (Internet) Synonym of half-op

### Anagrams

* OHP, PHO, POH, Pho, pOH, pho, poh

## Danish
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hopp (“jump”), from the verb hoppa, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔp/, [hʌb̥]

#### Noun

hop n (singular definite hoppet, plural indefinite hop)
* jump

##### Inflection
### Etymology 2

See hoppe.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hɔp/, [hʌb̥]

#### Verb

hop
* imperative of hoppe

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɦɔp/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: hop
* Rhymes: -ɔp

### Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hoppe, ultimately from Latin upupa (“hoopoe”), which may have been borrowed through Old French huppe.

#### Noun

hop m (plural hoppen, diminutive hopje n)
* hoopoe, the species Upupa epops or an individual of this species
* any bird of the family Upupidae

##### Derived terms

* twaalfdradige paradijshop

#### Further reading

* hop (vogel) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

### Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô (“hops”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup (“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance. Compare Old Saxon hoppo, Old High German hopfo, Middle English hoppe.

#### Noun

hop f (uncountable)
* hop, Humulus lupulus

##### Derived terms

* hoppen
* hoppig

##### Descendants

* Afrikaans: hop
* → Japanese: ホップ

#### Further reading

* hop (plant) on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{nl}$

### Etymology 3

From hoppen, huppen (“to hop”).

#### Interjection

hop
* Synonym of hoppa (“let's go, hey presto, alley-oop”)

##### Derived terms

* hopla
* hoppa

#### Noun

hop m (plural hoppen, diminutive hopje n)
* a hop, a short jump

### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “hop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Hop”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC.

## Finnish
### Etymology

Either a clipping of hoppu, or directly from Swedish hopp (“jump”). Consider also the synonym hopoti (“horse”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhop/, [ˈho̞p]
* Rhymes: -op
* Hyphenation: hop

### Interjection

hop
* General spurring interjection.
* Used to entice a horse into a run.
** 1913 SKVR VIII 1625. Piikkiö. Häyrinen Kalle 8. 13.
    Hop humma Huttalaan, / parastelle Pappilaa, / Pappilasta Koroissii, / Koroissista Käräjiin,Hop horse to Huttala ...
** 1913 SKVR IX1 352. Renko. Salo Aukusti. HO 24 239. 13.
    Mee ny kuultaan kirkonkellot. / Muut kuulee karjan kellot / Hop tamma / Ei ilman haluta / Jos ei poika likkaa taluta.... Hop mare ...
** 1915 SKVR XIV 1026. Myrskylä. Salminen, T. 117. 15.
    Hop hoppa kirkkoo! / Aja mummun aitan etee / Saat voitakaakkuuHop horse to church / Run to the front of grandmother's granary ...

#### Synonyms

* hopoti
* hopoti hoi

#### Related terms

* hopo
* hoppa
* hopotiti hoi
* hoputtaa

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔp/
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

hop
* voila!, hey presto!

### Further reading

* “hop”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hop/
* Hyphenation: hop

### Etymology 1

From Dutch hoofd (“head”).

#### Noun

hop
* head, (of an organisation), chief, boss
    Synonym: kepala

### Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from Javindo hop (“stop”), from Dutch ophouden (“uphold, stop”).

#### Verb

hop
* (Java, colloquial) to stop
    Synonyms: stop, setop, berhenti, mandek

### Further reading

* “hop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Irish
### Noun

hop m (genitive singular hop, nominative plural hopanna)
* Alternative form of hap (“hop; blow”)

#### Declension

bare forms
singular
plural
nominative
hop
hopanna
vocative
a hop
a hopanna
genitive
hop
hopanna
dative
hop
hopanna
forms with the definite article
singular
plural
nominative
an hop
na hopanna
genitive
an hop
na hopanna
dative
leis an hop don hop
leis na hopanna :

### Further reading

* Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “hop”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Old Norse hópr.

### Noun

hop m (definite singular hopen, indefinite plural hoper, definite plural hopene)
* heap, pile, crowd, multitude, cluster

#### Derived terms

* stjernehop

### References

* “hop” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Old Norse hópr. Akin to English heap.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /huːp/

### Noun

hop m (definite singular hopen, indefinite plural hopar, definite plural hopane)
* flock, heap, gathering

#### Derived terms

* alle i hop (“everyone”)
* alt i hop (“everything”)
* i hop (“together”)
* stjernehop

### References

* “hop” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /xop/, [hop]

### Noun

hop ?
* (Late Old English) a small enclosed valley

#### Usage notes

* This word is found only in compounds.

### References

* Charles Talbot Onions, editor (1966), The Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology, London, England: Oxford University Press, page 447

## Polish
### Alternative forms

* hopla, hops, hopsa, hopsasa

### Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈxɔp/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔp
* Syllabification: hop

### Interjection

hop
* used to encourage the listener to jump up or some other action; hop up! hop to it!
* (often reduplicated) used to determine where someone is (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)

#### Derived terms

* nie mów hop, póki nie przeskoczysz

### Further reading

* hop in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* hop in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Southern Ohlone
### Noun

hop
* redwood tree

## Swedish
### Etymology

From Old Norse hópr.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

hop c
* heap, collection; a whole bunch

#### Related terms

* hopa