hopt

Verb

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

1. (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
   • When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.1918 September–November, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “The Land That Time Forgot”, in The Blue Book Magazine, Chicago, Ill.: Story-press Corp., →OCLC; republished as chapter V, in Hugo Gernsback, editor...

   Synonyms:

   jump, leap

2. (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
3. (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
   • Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.
4. (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
   • I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.
5. (transitive) To jump onto, or over
   • They hop the curb and cut their engines.2018 February, Robert Draper, “They are Watching You—and Everything Else on the Planet: Technology and Our Increasing Demand for Security have Put Us All under Surveillance. Is Privacy Becoming just...
6. (in-compounds, intransitive, usually) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
   • We were party-hopping all weekend.

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