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hops up

hops up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hop up.

Meaning of hop up

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To excite (people).
  2. (intransitive) To get in a high vehicle.
  3. (intransitive) To stand up quickly.
  4. (idiomatic, transitive) To make something, especially a machine, better (faster, bigger etc.); to soup up.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see hop, up.
    • Don't let the cat hop up onto the kitchen counter!

Questions about hops up

What is hops up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Hops up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hop up.

Words near hops up in the dictionary

  1. hops on
  2. hops on down to
  3. hops the twig
  4. hops the wag
  5. hops to it
  6. hops up
  7. hopsack
  8. hopsacking
  9. hopsackings
  10. hopsacks
  11. hopsage

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