Adjacent Words

Hopping definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOP'PING, ppr. Leaping on one leg; dancing.
HOP'PING, n. A dancing; a meeting for dancing.

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Date: 1675 extremely, violently — used in the phrase hopping mad II. adjective Date: 1785 1. intensely active ; busy <they kept us hopping> 2. extremely angry III. noun Date: 1879 a going from one place to another of the same kind — usually used in combination <gallery-hopping>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.