hops

HOP

abbr.

high oxygen pressure

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hop ¹  (hp)

v. hopped, hop·ping, hops

v.intr.

1.

a. To move with light bounding skips or leaps.

b. Informal To move quickly or busily: The shipping department is hopping this week.

2. To jump on one foot.

3. To make a quick trip, especially in an airplane.

4. To travel or move often from place to place. Often used in combination: party-hop.

v.tr.

1. To move over by hopping: hop a ditch two feet wide.

2. Informal To jump aboard: hop a freight train.

n.

1.

a. A light springy jump or leap, especially on one foot.

b. A rebound: The ball took a bad hop.

2. Informal A dance or dance party.

3.

a. A short distance.

b. A short trip, especially by air.

4. A free ride; a lift.

Idioms:

hop, skip, and (a) jump

A short distance.

hop to it

To begin an activity or a task quickly and energetically.

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[Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian.]

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hop ²  (hp)

n.

1. A twining vine (Humulus lupulus) having lobed leaves and green female flowers arranged in conelike spikes.

2. hops The dried ripe flowers of this plant, containing a bitter aromatic oil. They are used in the brewing industry to prevent bacterial action and add the characteristic bitter taste to beer.

3. Slang Opium.

tr.v. hopped, hop·ping, hops

To flavor with hops.

Phrasal Verb:

hop up Slang

1. To increase the power or energy of: hop up a car.

2. To stimulate with or as if with a narcotic.

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[Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch.]

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hops [hɒps]

pl n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the dried ripe flowers, esp the female flowers, of the hop plant, used to give a bitter taste to beer

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hops - 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 hop genus Humulus, Humulus - hops: hardy perennial vines of Europe, North America and central and eastern Asia producing a latex sap; in some classifications included in the family Urticaceae bine, common hop, common hops, European hop, Humulus lupulus - European twining plant whose flowers are used chiefly to flavor malt liquors; cultivated in America American hop, Humulus americanus - native American plant sometimes confused with the European hop Humulus japonicus, Japanese hop - ornamental vine native to eastern Asia; cultivated for its variegated foliage vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface

Translations

hops [ˈhɒps] npl → houblon m

hops [hɒps] npl → coni mpl di luppolo

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hops [hɒps] npl → coni mpl di luppolo