What is "hopping"

Hopping \Hop"ping\, n. [See 3rd Hop.] A gathering of hops.

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.

Hop \Hop\ (h[o^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hopped (h[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping (h[o^]p"p[i^]ng).] [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.

Etymology 1 n. 1 (context British English) hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent. 2 The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent Etymology 2

n. 1 The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. 2 (context countable physics English) A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom. vb. (present participle of hop English)

See hop

1. n. the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)

2. twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; the dried flowers of this plant are used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer [syn: hops]

3. an informal dance where popular music is played [syn: record hop]

4. [also: hopping, hopped]

1. v. jump lightly [syn: skip, hop-skip]

2. move quickly from one place to another

3. informal: travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.; "She hopped a train to Chicago"; "He hopped rides all over the country"

4. make a quick trip especially by air; "Hop the Pacific Ocean"

5. jump across; "He hopped the bush"

6. make a jump forward or upward

7. [also: hopping, hopped]

Hopping may refer to:

In activities:

• Hopping, the act of jumping with one foot.
• Freighthopping, the act of surreptitiously riding on a railroad freight car.
• Island hopping, a series of journeys between islands.
• Movie hopping, purchasing a ticket for one film and illicitly attending another.
• The act of jumping on someone's back and fighting them

In people:

• Blair Hopping (born 1980), New Zealand sportsman.
• Enos D. Hopping (1805–1847), United States Army general of the Mexican–American War.

In other uses:

• Hopping, the use of hops in brewing beer.
• Hopping, also known as Yogic flying.
• Hopping Mappy, an arcade game.
• USS Hopping (DE-155), an American warship.
• Devil Hopping, an album by British band Inspiral Carpets.
• Frequency-hopping spread spectrum, a method of transmitting radio signals by rapidly switching a carrier among many frequency channels.
• Hopping Hill, an area in Milford, Derbyshire, England.
• The Hoppings, a travelling fun fair held on the Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne.