hopping meaning: definition, etymology

hopping

noun

Etymology Alternative spelling (C17) of hoppe, from Middle French houbelon

UK hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.

The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent

adj

That uses hopping for locomotion.

US, Slang Of a location, crowded with people.

Derived terms: 30 terms
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noun

The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.

Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Physics A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.

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