[hɒp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of a person) move by jumping on one foot
(e.g: he hopped along beside her)

- pass quickly from one place to another
(e.g: she hopped over the Atlantic for a bit of shopping)


Phrases:
- hop the twig
- hop to it
- hop, skip, and jump
- on the hop

Origin:
Old English hoppian, of Germanic origin; related to German dialect hopfen and German hopsen

[hɒp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a hopping movement
(e.g: place the rabbit on the floor to have a hop around)

- an informal dance
(e.g: the society's regular fortnightly hop)


Phrases:
- hop the twig
- hop to it
- hop, skip, and jump
- on the hop

Origin:
Old English hoppian, of Germanic origin; related to German dialect hopfen and German hopsen

[hɒp], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a twining climbing plant native to north temperate regions, cultivated for the flowers borne by the female plant, which are used in brewing beer


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English hoppe (in the sense ‘ripened hop cones for flavouring malt liquor’), from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch

[hɒp], (Verb)

Definitions:
- flavour with hops
(e.g: a strong dark beer, heavily hopped)

- be stimulated or intoxicated by or as if by a narcotic drug
(e.g: most muggers were hopped up on coke or angel dust)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English hoppe (in the sense ‘ripened hop cones for flavouring malt liquor’), from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch