Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: hop
IPA transcription: [h'ɑp]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hop
    Meaning: the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
verb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hop, skip, hop-skip
    Meaning: jump lightly
  • Synonyms: hop
    Meaning: move quickly from one place to another
  • Synonyms: hop
    Meaning: travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country"
Usage examples
  • Wish I knew the brand of hop that he smokes."
  • Hop in my airship and I'll take you right into town.
  • I spent four winters in London dealing in the hop market.
  • Let every man jump across, and as he does so cry out "Hop!
  • "Hop up on that log side of your Cousin Whitefoot, where all can see you."
  • I walked down to the yards, a quarter of a mile away, and there first saw the hop louse.
  • At first he thought it was a rabbit; but it was too big for a rabbit, and besides, it did not hop.
  • The dough will need a little fresh hop liquor put to it, in the course of three or four times baking.
  • Clem, you and Con hop into bed with Larry while I wash yer underflannins; 'twont take long to dry 'em.
  • None of us knew anything about the hop business, and it was entirely by accident that we engaged in it.