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hop, skip, and jump

hop, skip, and jump is the alternative form of hop.

Meaning of hop

Noun

hop (plural hops)

  1. A short jump.
    • The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.
  2. A jump on one leg.
  3. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
    • My fellow passengers are a mixture of people returning from a day out in the capital, locals doing short hops, and a few (like me) heading farther afield.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 68
  4. (figuratively, informal) A brief period of development or progress.
    • For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television.
  5. (US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
  6. (UK, US, dated, slang) A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
    • One singing-room we had closed, and so damaged a "twopenny hop" that it could not have survived another season had our own prosperity continued unchecked.1896, Benjamin Brierley, James Dronsfield, "Ab-o'th'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short Stories

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Questions about hop, skip, and jump

What is hop, skip, and jump the alternative form of?
Hop, skip, and jump is the alternative form of hop.

Words near hop, skip, and jump in the dictionary

  1. hop to it
  2. hop trefoil
  3. hop up
  4. hop, skip and jump
  5. hop, skip, and a jump
  6. hop, skip, and jump
  7. hop, step and jump
  8. hop-forward
  9. hop-o'-my-thumb
  10. hop-o'-my-thumbs
  11. hop-on hop-off

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