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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hop \Hop\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hopped}; p. pr & vb n. {Hopping}.] [OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS hoppian akin to Icel. & Sw hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen G. h["u]pfen.] 1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do [Birds] hopping from spray to spray. --Dryden. 2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. --Dryden. 3. To dance. --Smollett. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hopping \Hop"ping\, n. [See 3rd {Hop}.] A gathering of hops. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hopping \Hop"ping\, n. The act of one who or that which hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. {Hopping Dick} (Zo["o]l.), a thrush of Jamaica ({Merula leucogenys}), resembling the English blackbird in its familiar manners, agreeable song, and dark plumage.
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