hopv. i.[OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. hpfen.]1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.()[Birds] hopping from spray to spray. (Dryden.)2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt.(Dryden.)3. To dance.(Smollett.)n.1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.()2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.()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.)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).()2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.()3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.()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 (Zol.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops. -- Hop fly (Zol.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines. -- Hop froth fly (Zol.), 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 (Zol.), 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.()v. t. To impregnate with hops.(Mortimer.)v. i. To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]()n. The climbing stem of the hop.(Blackstone.)