hopping

nounverbnounadjectiveattested in dialogue

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hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.

noun

1
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

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

verb

1
Also a form of hoppresent participle and gerund of hop

noun

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

adjective

1
That uses hopping for locomotion.
2
slangOf a location, crowded with people.

Forms

plural: hoppings
comparative: more hopping
superlative: most hopping

hopped · Impregnated with hops.hopper · One who or that which hops.Hopper · A surname.

hopping · hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.

Hopping · A surname.Horace · Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a poet and philosopher of the Roman…Horatio · A male given name from Latin.

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