(hop) v. hopped, hop·ping v.i.
1. To move in short leaps with the feet off the ground.
2. To jump about on one foot.
—v.t.
3. To jump over, as a fence.
4. To board or catch; get on: to hop a train. See synonyms under LEAP.
—noun
1. The act or result of hopping.
2. Colloq. A dance or dancing party.
3. Colloq. An ascent, flight, or trip in an airplane. [OE hoppian]

(hop) noun
1. A perennial climbing herb (Humulus lupulus) with opposite lobed leaves and scaly fruit.
2. plural The ripe and carefully dried multiple fruit of this plant: used in the brewing of beer and in medicine as an aromatic bitter stomachic. [<MDu. hoppe]