adj
Meaning 1
That uses hopping for locomotion.
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hopping
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rhymes with -ɒpɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of a location, crowded with people.
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Usage: US, slang
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name
Meaning 3
A surname.
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noun
Meaning 4
hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
Examples
- Hopping Down in Kent, Alan Bignell (1977).
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noun
Meaning 5
The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 6
The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 7
A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.
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Usage: countable
Topics: natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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verb
Meaning 8
present participle and gerund of hop
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Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
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History
Etymology
Alternative spelling (C17) of hoppe, from Middle French houbelon