hop

CEFRB1

/hɒp/

verb · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To jump a short distance, often on one foot.

  2. 02

    noun

    A short jump or a quick trip.

Examples

  • He was trying to explain the difference between hip hop and rap.

  • I just want to hop into my boat and sally forth into the great blueness.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. A jump on one leg.

  2. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.

noun

Extra meaning

  1. A short jump.

More examples

In context

  • Yes. And it's only a hop, skip and a jump to the nearest mall.

  • For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television.

  • The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.

Synonyms

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Origin

verb

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Danish hoppe (“to hop, leap, jump”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).