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Hop (noun)
A short jump.
“The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.”
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Hop (noun)
A jump on one leg.
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Hop (noun)
A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on private plane.
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Hop (noun)
A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
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Hop (noun)
A dance.
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Hop (noun)
The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.
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Hop (noun)
The Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers, beer or ale is brewed.
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Hop (noun)
The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
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Hop (noun)
Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
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Hop (noun)
The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
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Hop (verb)
To jump a short distance.
“jump|leap”
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Hop (verb)
To jump on one foot.
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Hop (verb)
To be in state of energetic activity.
“Sorry, can’t chat. Got to hop.”
“The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping.”
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Hop (verb)
To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
“I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.”
“He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north.”
“He hopped a train to California.”
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Hop (verb)
To jump onto, or over
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Hop (verb)
To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
“We were party-hopping all weekend.”
“We had to island hop on the weekly seaplane to get to his hideaway.”
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Hop (verb)
To walk lame; to limp.
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Hop (verb)
To dance.
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Hop (verb)
To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
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Hop (verb)
To gather hops.
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Leap (verb)
To jump.
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Leap (verb)
To pass over by a leap or jump.
“to leap a wall or a ditch”
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Leap (verb)
To copulate with (a female beast); to cover.
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Leap (verb)
To cause to leap.
“to leap a horse across a ditch”
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Leap (noun)
The act of leaping or jumping.
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Leap (noun)
The distance traversed by a leap or jump.
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Leap (noun)
A group of leopards.
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Leap (noun)
A significant move forward.
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Leap (noun)
A large step in reasoning, often one that is not justified by the facts.
“It’s quite a leap to claim that those cloud formations are evidence of UFOs.”
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Leap (noun)
A fault.
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Leap (noun)
Copulation with, or coverture of, a female beast.
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Leap (noun)
A passing from one note to another by an interval, especially by a long one, or by one including several other intermediate intervals.
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Leap (noun)
Intercalary, bissextile.
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Leap (noun)
A basket.
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Leap (noun)
A trap or snare for fish, made from twigs; a weely.
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Leap (noun)
Half a bushel.
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Leap (verb)
jump or spring a long way, to a great height, or with great force
“Fabia’s heart leapt excitedly”
“he leapt on to the parapet”
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Leap (verb)
jump across
“Peter leapt the last few stairs”
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Leap (verb)
move quickly and suddenly
“Polly leapt to her feet”
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Leap (verb)
make a sudden rush to do something; act eagerly and suddenly
“everybody leapt into action”
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Leap (verb)
accept (an opportunity) eagerly
“they leapt at the opportunity to combine fun with fund-raising”
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Leap (verb)
(of a price, amount, etc.) increase dramatically
“sales leapt by a third last year”
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Leap (verb)
(especially of writing) be conspicuous; stand out
“amid the notes, a couple of items leap out”
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Leap (noun)
a forceful jump or quick movement
“she came downstairs in a series of flying leaps”
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Leap (noun)
a dramatic increase in price, amount, etc.
“a leap of 75 per cent in two years”
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Leap (noun)
a sudden abrupt change or transition
“it doesn’t take a great leap of imagination to recognize that you have held an important leadership role”
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Leap (noun)
a thing to be leaped over or from
“Lover’s Leap”
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Leap (noun)
a group of leopards
“we stopped to photograph a leap of leopards”