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Hops

noun

1.

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. Synonym: hop.

Hop

noun

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. Synonym: hops.

3.

An informal dance where popular music is played. Synonym: record hop.

verb

(past & past part. hopped; pres. part. hopping)

1.

Jump lightly. Synonyms: hop-skip, skip.

2.

Move quickly from one place to another.

3.

Travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.. "He hopped rides all over the country"

4.

Traverse as if by a short airplane trip.

5.

Jump across.

6.

Make a jump forward or upward.

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Etymology of 'Hops'

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hop-step-and-jump

Eastern hop hornbeam

Old World hop hornbeam

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"Hops" Quotes from Famous Books

... the above place, in a vault, There is such liquor fixed, You'll say that water, hops, and malt ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 232, April 8, 1854 • Various

... certainly never proved to be a girl, but I confess I was strangely embarrassed. My cousin seemed somehow different from any of the other girls I had met. She was not at all like those with whom I had danced at the hotel hops, and to whom I gave my brass buttons in Flirtation Walk. She was more fine, more illusive, and yet most fascinating, with a quaint old- fashioned manner that at times made her seem quite a child, and the next moment changed her into a worldly ...

— Captain Macklin • Richard Harding Davis

... territory. Ef you must have 'em, why let me rec-ommend Bost'n. Drove hack there wunst, myself." Then after a pause he proceeded with the deliberation of a judge: "It's the best village I ever lay eyes on fer idees, is Bost'n. Thicker'n hops! Grow single and in bunches. Have s'cieties there fer idees. Used to make money outen the fellows with idees, cartin 'em round to anniversaries and sich. Ef you only wear a nice slick plug-hat there, you kin believe anything you ...

— The Mystery of Metropolisville • Edward Eggleston

... protuberant paunch, while the other was extended toward a glass of beer. Evidently this is the Grand Turk. And finally by an odalisque, who fills his goblet with the foaming infusion of malt and hops. This odalisque is very fair and stout, and some fair Alsatian damsel has evidently sat as the model. As Tantaine was gazing upon this wondrous work of art he heard a ...

— Caught In The Net • Emile Gaboriau

... eleven o'clock Monday morning when Clancy entered the lobby of the Renfrew House. The lobby was crowded, bell hops were hustling back and forth, and the place was as busy ...

— Owen Clancy's Happy Trail - or, The Motor Wizard in California • Burt L. Standish

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