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Hop \Hop\, v. t.
To impregnate with hops. --Mortimer.
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Hop \Hop\, n.
1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a
jump; a spring.
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2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.]
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{Hop, skip and jump}, {Hop, step and a jump} or {Hop, step
and jump},

1. a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover
as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in
succession.

2. a short distance. --Addison.
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Hop \Hop\, n. [OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G.
hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel.
humall, SW. & Dan. humle.]
1. (Bot.) A climbing plant ({Humulus Lupulus}), having a
long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its
fruit (hops).
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2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in
brewing to give a bitter taste.
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3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See {Hip}.
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{Hop back}. (Brewing) See under 1st {Back}.

{Hop clover} (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads
like hops in miniature ({Trifolium agrarium}, and
{Trifolium procumbens}).

{Hop flea} (Zool.), a small flea beetle ({Haltica concinna}),
very injurious to hops.

{Hop fly} (Zool.), an aphid ({Phorodon humuli}), very
injurious to hop vines.

{Hop froth fly} (Zool.), an hemipterous insect ({Aphrophora
interrupta}), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does
great damage to hop vines.

{Hop hornbeam} (Bot.), an American tree of the genus {Ostrya}
({Ostrya Virginica}) the American ironwood; also, a
European species ({Ostrya vulgaris}).

{Hop moth} (Zool.), a moth ({Hypena humuli}), which in the
larval state is very injurious to hop vines.

{Hop picker}, one who picks hops.

{Hop pole}, a pole used to support hop vines.

{Hop tree} (Bot.), a small American tree ({Ptelia
trifoliata}), having broad, flattened fruit in large
clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops.

{Hop vine} (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop.
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Hop \Hop\, v. i.
To gather hops.

Usage: [Perhaps only in the form {Hopping}, vb. n.] Hopbine


Hop \Hop\ (h[o^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hopped} (h[o^]pt); p.
pr. & vb. n. {Hopping} (h[o^]p"p[i^]ng).] [OE. hoppen to hop,
leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan.
hoppe, D. huppelen, G. h["u]pfen.]
1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or
jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
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[Birds] hopping from spray to spray. --Dryden.
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2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. --Dryden.
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3. To dance. --Smollett.
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Hip \Hip\, n. [OE. hepe, AS. he['o]pe; cf. OHG. hiufo a bramble
bush.] (Bot.)
The fruit of a rosebush, especially of the English dog-rose
({Rosa canina}); called also {rose hip}. [Written also {hop},
{hep}.]
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{Hip tree} (Bot.), the dog-rose.
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