hops on

Verb

hop on (third-person singular simple present hops on, present participle hopping on, simple past and past participle hopped on)

1. (informal, transitive) To join a phone call or video call.
   • When you're apart and dealing with separate (often conflicting) schedules, it can feel like you aren't a priority to your partner. Nix that feeling by regularly scheduling a date night once or twice a week. Order in delivery, hop on Skype, a Google Hangout, or Facetime, and chat face to face over...2014 February 11, Christina Bonnington, “Tech Hacks to Stay Connected to Your Long-Distance Love”, in Wired, San Francisco, C.A.: Condé Nast Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on...

   Antonyms:

   hop off

2. (intransitive, slang, transitive) To begin playing a video game.
   • If you hopped on Fortnite and witnessed the meteor shower, you may be wondering how common that is in real life. Throughout the year, hundreds of meteoroids come into contact with our Earth and its atmosphere, most burning up before they ever reach the Earth's surface.2018 May 1, Trevor Nace, “'Fortnite' Season 4: The Science Behind The Epic Meteor Shower”, in Forbes, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2020

   Antonyms:

   hop off

3. (transitive) To reprimand or scold (someone); to attack or beat up (someone).
4. (intransitive, transitive) To begin a course of PEDs (performance-enhancing drugs, e.g. steroids).
   • I don't think you should hop on like those guys because it's harmful to your health.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hop, on.
   • But over the last two weeks, the country has been convulsed by fury and disbelief as more than a dozen politicians, political aides and senior public health figures have admitted to hopping on a plane for tropical vacations over the winter holiday.2021 January 8, Leyland Cecco, “Covid livid: Canadian fury at leaders' holidays amid other people's misery”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original...