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hop 2 [hop] WORD ORIGIN noun any twining plant of the genus Humulus, bearing male flowers in loose clusters and female flowers in conelike forms. hops, the dried ripe cones of the female flowers of this plant, used in brewing, medicine, etc. Older Slang. a narcotic drug, especially opium. verb (used with object), hopped, hop·ping. to treat or flavor with hops. Verb Phrases hop up, Slang.
- to excite; make enthusiastic: They hopped the crowd up with fiery speeches.
- to add to the power of: The kids hopped up the motor of their jalopy.
- to stimulate by narcotics.
Origin of hop 2 1400–50; late Middle English hoppe Middle Dutch hoppe (Dutch hop); cognate with Old High German hopfo (German Hopfen) Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 British Dictionary definitions for hopup hop 1 verb hops, hopping or hopped (intr) to make a jump forwards or upwards, esp on one foot (intr) (esp of frogs, birds, rabbits, etc) to move forwards in short jumps (tr) to jump overhe hopped the hedge (intr) informal to move or proceed quickly (in, on, out of, etc)hop on a bus (tr) informal to cross (an ocean) in an aircraftthey hopped the Atlantic in seven hours (tr) US and Canadian informal to travel by means of (an aircraft, bus, etc)he hopped a train to Chicago US and Canadian to bounce or cause to bouncehe hopped the flat stone over the lake’s surface (intr) US and Canadian informal to begin intense activity, esp work (intr) another word for limp 1 hop it or hop off British slang to go away noun the act or an instance of hopping old-fashioned, informal a dance, esp one at which popular music is playedwe’re all going to the school hop tonight informal a trip, esp in an aircraft US a bounce, as of a ball on the hop informal
- active or busy
- Britishunawares or unpreparedthe new ruling caught me on the hop
See also hop into Word Origin for hop Old English hoppian; related to Old Norse hoppa to hop, Middle Low German hupfen hop 2 noun any climbing plant of the N temperate genus Humulus, esp H. lupulus, which has green conelike female flowers and clusters of small male flowers: family Cannabiaceae (or Cannabidaceae)See also hops hop garden a field of hops obsolete, slang opium or any other narcotic drug Word Origin for hop C15: from Middle Dutch hoppe; related to Old High German hopfo, Norwegian hupp tassel Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Word Origin and History for hopup hop v.
Old English hoppian “to spring, leap, dance,” from Proto-Germanic *hupnojanan (cf. Old Norse hoppa, Dutch huppen, German hüpfen “to hop”). Related: Hopped; hopping.
hop n.1
usually hops, type of twining vine whose cones are used in brewing, etc., mid-15c., from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Proto-Germanic *hup-nan- (cf. Old Saxon -hoppo, German Hopfen), of unknown origin.
hop n.2
“opium,” 1887, from Cantonese nga-pin (pronounced HAH-peen) “opium,” a Chinese folk etymology of the English word opium, literally “crow peelings.” Re-folk-etymologized back into English by association with hop (n.1).
hop n.3
“a small jump,” c.1500, from hop (v.). Slang sense of “informal dancing party” is from 1731 (defined by Johnson as “a place where meaner people dance”). Meaning “short flight on an aircraft” is from 1909.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper Idioms and Phrases with hopup hop
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