2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.] Hop, skip (or step), and jump, a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. Addison.
HOP Hop, n. Etym: [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.)
Defn: A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. Hop back. (Brewing) See under
1st Back.
— Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like
hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and T. procumbens).
— Hop flea (Zoöl.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very
injurious to hops.
— Hop fly (Zoöl.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to
hop vines.
— Hop froth fly (Zoöl.), 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
(O.Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O.
vulgaris).
— Hop moth (Zoöl.), 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.
HOP
Hop, v. t.
Defn: To impregnate with hops. Mortimer.
HOP
Hop, v. i.
Defn: To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]