hop

hop

1. verb, informal To board (some mode of transportation), especially very quickly, abruptly, or impulsively. I decided at the last minute to hop the bus to Seattle to spend the weekend with my family. I used to hop the trains all over Europe back when I was studying in Budapest.
2. verb, informal To cross (something, especially a body of water) in an aircraft, especially very quickly. The new jet is able to hop the Atlantic in just under three hours. Why don't we just take a propeller plane to hop the English Channel? It would be so much faster than a ferry.
3. verb, informal To move from one place, thing, or activity to another in quick succession. Used in combinations (often hyphenated). We spent most of the night bar hopping all around town. I used to movie-hop all the time when I was a broke college student. It might not have been the most ethical thing in the world, but I was able to see tons of movies I otherwise couldn't afford.
4. noun, informal A very quick trip, especially by aircraft. We'll have to fly from New York to London, and then it's just a short hop to Dublin.
5. noun, dated informal A social dance party, especially one aimed at young people. A: "Hey, Shirley, you going to the hop this Saturday?" B: "Well, gee whiz, Nancy-Anne, I sure am!"
6. noun, slang Opium. I heard John got arrested for smoking hop in an opium den on Broome Street.

hop it

To leave something or some place very quickly or suddenly. If I'd had such a rude customer come into my shop, I would have told him to hop it.
See also: hop
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

hop it

depart suddenly. British informal
See also: hop
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary

hop

1. 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.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See:
  • (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
  • climb on the bandwagon
  • clodhopper
  • full of hops
  • get on the bandwagon
  • 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)
  • if frogs had wings, they wouldn't bump their butts (when they hop)
  • 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
References in periodicals archive
While demand for its beers has grown, Cabarrus has had to contend with the escalating prices of hops due to the explosive growth of craft breweries across the country over the last several years.
Brewing more with less
Most of us associate hops with the beer brewing process, and certainly, if you want to know how to brew beer, you may want to know how to grow hops.
Hop to it! How to Grow and Use Hops
Regardless of whether someone is propagating a popular commercially grown hop or a wild one like we discovered, the process is the same.
A little how-to for hops: firsthand advice on starting and maintaining a small-scale hops farm, and maybe even making some money at it
Typical range-free localization algorithms include the centroid [5], the convex optimization [6], the lateration scheme [7], the multidimensional scaling map (MDS-MAP) [8], the cluster-based MDS (CMDS) [9], the approximate point-in-triangulation test (APIT) [10], the distance vector hop (DV-Hop) [11] and the expected hop progress (EHP) [12].
Improved DV-Hop localization algorithm based on bat algorithm in wireless sensor networks
"Every fall we look forward to brewing a fresh hop beer to celebrate the hop harvest," commented Full Sail Brewmaster Jim Kelter.
Full sail celebrates hop harvest with fresh Ale
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Introductory remarks from the guest editor
Hop Head Farms had been an organic test plot up until 2012, when a new partnership enabled the Steinmans to enter the professional world of hops farming and processing.
The rise of single-hop beers: hops-forward brews are perfect for draft service
Sam Holt from Cardiff Transition, who is selling hop growing kits to members of the public in Cardiff, which will ultimately result in the production of a collective beer PICTURE: James Davies
Beer drinkers hop to it for a people's pint
It's about supporting traditional British floor maltings and hop suppliers, and going back to British ingredients to treat them with care and consideration - as well as in the right quantities to show off their qualities.
Setting sail on Shuggy Boat; BEER
Building on research concerning the global influence and impact of the American hip hop culture on the Japanese youth culture (Liu 2005) and certain comments (Liu 2009) on Hip Hop Japan (Condry 2006), this scholarly note addresses several questions.
Across the borders: hip hop's influence on Chinese youth culture
Keylong (HP), Oct 20 (ANI): Farmers in Keylong region of Himachal Pradesh are getting good returns by cultivating hops.
Hops cultivation becoming popular with Himachal farmers
ELMIRA - Out on a former cattle ranch in the foothills of the Coast Range, Norman Vidoni has taken a great leap - or maybe that should be hop - of faith.
High hopes for hops
In this latest edition of Groundwork Guides series, Dalton Higgins takes teen readers on a tour-de-force exploration of hip hop culture.
Hip Hop World