hop \hop\, n.
   1. a leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a
      jump; a spring.
      1913 webster

   2. a dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. colloq.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster +pjc
see also:
hop, skip and jump hop, step and a jump hop, step and jump 

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.
      1913 webster

   2. the catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in
      brewing to give a bitter taste.
      1913 webster

   3. the fruit of the dog-rose. see hip.
      1913 webster

   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.
      1913 webster
see also:
humulus lupulus hip hop back back hop clover trifolium agrarium 
trifolium procumbens hop flea haltica concinna hop fly phorodon humuli 
hop froth fly aphrophora interrupta hop hornbeam ostrya ostrya virginica 
ostrya vulgaris hop moth hypena humuli hop picker hop pole 
hop tree ptelia trifoliata hop vine 

hop \hop\ ho^p, v. i. imp.  p. p. hopped ho^pt; p.
   pr.  vb. n. hopping ho^p"pi^ng. oe. hoppen to hop,
   leap, dance, as. hoppian; akin to icel.  sw. hoppa, dan.
   hoppe, d. huppelen, g. h"upfen.
   1. to move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or
      jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
      1913 webster

            birds hopping from spray to spray.  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. to walk lame; to limp; to halt. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. to dance. --smollett.
      1913 webster
see also:
hopped hopping 

hop \hop\, v. t.
   to impregnate with hops. --mortimer.
   1913 webster

hop \hop\, v. i.
   to gather hops.

   usage: perhaps only in the form hopping, vb. n. hopbine
see also:
hopping 

hip \hip\, n. oe. hepe, as. he'ope; 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.
   1913 webster

   hip tree bot., the dog-rose.
      1913 webster
see also:
rosa canina rose hip hop hep hip tree 

hop
     n 1: the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward especially on
          one foot
     2: twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers
        arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this
        plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter
        taste to beer syn: hops
     3: an informal dance where popular music is played syn: record
        hop
     v 1: jump lightly syn: skip, hop-skip
     2: move quickly from one place to another
     3: informal: travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "she
        hopped a train to chicago"; "he hopped rides all over the
        country"
     4: make a quick trip especially by air; "hop the pacific ocean"
     5: jump across; "he hopped the bush"
     6: make a jump forward or upward
     also: hopping, hopped
see also:
hops record hop skip hop-skip hopping hopped 

281 moby thesaurus words for "hop":
   amytal, amytal pill, demerol, dolophine, h, highland fling,
   luminal, luminal pill, m, mickey finn, nembutal, nembutal pill,
   seconal, seconal pill, tuinal, tuinal pill, aeroplane, airlift,
   airplane, alcohol, amble, amobarbital sodium, analgesic, and jump,
   anodyne, bal, bal costume, bal masque, ball, balloon, barb,
   barbiturate, barbiturate pill, barge, barn dance, be airborne,
   black stuff, blue, blue angel, blue devil, blue heaven,
   blue velvet, bounce, bound, bowl along, broad jump, buck, buckjump,
   bundle, calmative, canter, capriole, chloral hydrate, clear, clog,
   clop, clump, codeine, codeine cough syrup, country dance, cruise,
   curvet, dance, demivolt, depressant, depressor, dolly, dope,
   downer, drag, drift, fancy-dress ball, ferry, flight, flit,
   flounce, fly, flying jump, foot, footfall, footslog, footstep,
   fox-trot, galliard, gallop, gelandesprung, get, git, glide,
   goofball, grand jete, halt, handspring, hard stuff, heroin,
   high jump, hightail, hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hoof, hoofbeat,
   hop along, horse, hotfoot, hover, hurdle, hydroplane, hypnotic,
   jet, jete, jig, jog, jolt, jump, jump over, jump shot, jump turn,
   jump-hop, jump-off, junk, knockout drops, laudanum, lavolta, leap,
   leap over, leapfrog, limp, liquor, long jump, lop, lope, lotus,
   lumber, lunge, lurch, make tracks, mask, masked ball, masque,
   masquerade, masquerade ball, meperidine, methadone, mince, mixer,
   morphia, morphine, morris, narcotic, navigate, negotiate, opiate,
   opium, overjump, overleap, overskip, pace, pacifier, paddle,
   pain killer, paregoric, peg, pen yan, phenobarbital,
   phenobarbital sodium, piaffe, piaffer, plod, pole vault, pounce,
   pounce on, pounce upon, prance, prom, promenade, purple heart,
   quietener, rack, rainbow, record hop, red, roll, run,
   running broad jump, running high jump, sail, sailplane, sashay,
   saunter, saut de basque, scag, scuff, scuffle, scuttle, seaplane,
   secobarbital sodium, sedative, shake, shamble, shimmy, shindig,
   shindy, shit, shuffle, sidle, single-foot, ski jump, skip, skitter,
   sleep-inducer, sleeper, sleeping draught, sleeping pill, slink,
   slither, slog, slouch, smack, soar, sodium thiopental, solo,
   somnifacient, soother, soothing syrup, soporific, spring, sprint,
   square dance, stag dance, stagger, stalk, stamp, start,
   start aside, start up, steeplechase, step, step along, step lively,
   stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll, strut, stump, swagger,
   swing, take the air, take wing, tap-dance, tar, tea dance,
   test flight, the dansant, tittup, toddle, totter, tour jete,
   traipse, tranquilizer, tread, trip, trot, trudge, turps, updive,
   upleap, upspring, vault, volplane, waddle, waltz, wamble,
   white stuff, wiggle, wing, wobble, yellow, yellow jacket

hop
     homecast open protocol wlan, alation systems
     
     

hop 1. n. common one file transmission in a series required to get a
   file from point a to point b on a store-and-forward network. on such
   networks including uucpnet and fidonet, an important inter-machine
   metric is the number of hops in the shortest path between them, which
   can be more significant than their geographical separation. see bang
   path. 2. v. rare to log in to a remote machine, esp. via rlogin or
   telnet. "i'll hop over to foovax to ftp that."


see also:
uucpnet fidonet bang path 

hop
     
        1.  one point-to-point transmission in a series
        required to get a message from point a to point b on a store
        and forward network.  on such networks including uucpnet
        and fidonet, an important inter-machine metric is the hop
        count of the shortest path between them.  this can be more
        significant than their geographical separation.
     
        each exclamation mark in a bang path represents one hop.
     
        2.  one direct host-to-host connection forming
        part of the route between two hosts in a routed network
        such as the internet.  some protocols place an upper limit
        on the hop count in order to detect routing loops.
     
        3.  to log in to a remote computer,
        especially via rlogin or telnet.  "i'll hop over to foovax
        to ftp that."
     
        jargon file
     
        1997-06-25
     
     
see also:
store and forward uucpnet fidonet exclamation mark bang path routed 
network internet protocols log in remote 
rlogin telnet jargon file