Definition of hop

• v. i. - To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
• v. i. - To walk lame; to limp; to halt.
• v. i. - To dance.
• n. - A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
• n. - A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.
• n. - A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
• n. - The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
• n. - The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
• v. t. - To impregnate with hops.
• v. i. - To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]