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hop Theme: ALCOHOL - BEER n. beer.Pretty good hop, Tom.How about some hop with your hamburger? Theme: AVIATION tr. to get aboard a plane or train.I'll hop a plane and be there in a couple of hours.Hop a train or anything, but get here as soon as you can. Theme: PARTY n. a dancing party for young people.The kids are out at some schoolsponsored hop.The hop was a lot of fun.
hop 1. noun 1 a narcotic – opium, morphine or heroin US, 1886. 2 a dance, a party UK, 1731. 3 in handball, a ball which breaks to the left or right after rebounding off the front wall US, 1972. 4 in craps, a one-roll bet on the next roll US, 1987.► on the hopplaying truant UK, 1998 2. verb 1 to work as a car hop at a drive-in restaurant where customers are served in their cars US, 1972. 2 to go, to travel UK, 1923. 3 to flee or escape US, 1950. 4 in horse racing, to administer an illegal drug to a horse, either a stimulant or a depressant US, 1976.► hop 'n' popin the language of parachuting, to pull the ripcord within three seconds of clearing the aircraft US, 1978.► hop a hole(used of a ball in pinball) to fall into and then keep moving out of an ejecting hole because of high velocity US, 1977.► hop bellsto work in a hotel as a bell hop US, 1942.► hop in for your chopto take your share AUSTRALIA, 1954.► hop into the horsecollar(from a male perspective) to have sex. From HORSECOLLAR (the vagina) AUSTRALIA, 1971.► hop it; 'oppitto depart, especially to depart quickly UK, 1910.► hop the trainto ride the subway (underground) without paying the fare US, 1995
idiomhopbe caught on the hop BrEBrEto be surprised by something unexpected that happens so that you are unable to react to it in the way that you want or ought to:The North Sea Oil industry was caught on the hop by petroleum tax increases announced by the Chancellor last night.I think I caught her on the hop because she wasn't dressed in her usual elegant way. —compare keep sb on the hophop it! BrEBrEold-fashioned used in order to tell someone in a friendly way to go away:I've got enough to do without you kids hanging round all day, now hop it.hop/jump to itused in order to tell someone to do something immediately ◆ often used by adults speaking to children:If you finish your homework quickly you can watch TV tonight, so you'd better hop to it.This guy's important and we have to make a good impression, so jump to it.a hop, skip, and a jump (from)(also a hop and a skip)old-fashioned used in order to say that a place is very close:"You're from Wisconsin? My family lives in Arrawaso." "Well then we're a hop, skip, and a jump apart." keep sb on the hop BrEBrEto keep surprising someone by changing your behaviour, intentions etc so that they do not feel confident that they know how to treat you:I think women keep changing the rules just to keep us men on the hop - first they want to be allowed into the workplace, then they say we should support them so that they can stay at home.Stephen had kept Helen on the hop throughout the relationship, and some of her friends were trying to encourage her to leave him. —compare catch sb on the hop phrasehop[hopped, hopped, hopping]
hop off
hop off! old-fashioned spoken informal used to tell someone to go away, especially because they are annoying you: Hop off you two! It's time you were in bed.■ SIMILAR TO: buzz off! spoken informal, especially BrE
hop1. n. beer. How about some hop with your hamburger? 2. n. a dancing party for young people. The kids are out at some school-sponsored hop. 3. tv. to get aboard a plane or train. I’ll hop a plane and be there in a couple of hours. - (as) mad as hops
- a hop, skip, and a jump
- be caught on the hop
- be hopping mad
- bunny hop
- catch (one) on the hop
- catch somebody on the hop
- catch someone on the hop
- caught on the hop
- channel hopping
- channel-hopping
- clodhopper
- full of hops
- hop
- hop in
- hop in(to something)
- hop it
- hop joint
- hop off
- hop off (of something)
- hop on
- hop on(to something)
- hop something up
- hop the twig
- hop to it
- Hop to it!
- hop up
- hop up to (someone or something)
- hop, skip, and (a) jump
- hop, skip, and a jump
- hop, skip, and jump
- hopfest
- hophead
- hopped up
- hopping mad
- hopping mad about (something)
- hopping mad over (something)
- keep (one) on the hop
- keep someone on the hop
- mad as a hornet
- on the bandwagon, get
- on the bandwagon, to get/climb/hop
- on the hop
- pool-hopping
- sock hop
- table-hop
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