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hopping

See also: Hopping

English

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ

Etymology 1

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Alternative spelling (C17) of hoppe, from Middle French houbelon

Noun

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hopping (countable and uncountable, plural hoppings)

  1. (British) hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.
    • Hopping Down in Kent, Alan Bignell (1977).
  2. The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent

Etymology 2

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Verb

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hopping

  1. present participle and gerund of hop

Noun

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hopping (countable and uncountable, plural hoppings)

  1. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
  2. (countable, physics) A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.

Adjective

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hopping (comparative more hopping, superlative most hopping)

  1. That uses hopping for locomotion.
  2. (US, slang) Of a location, crowded with people.

Derived terms

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