Hop

hop, v.i. to leap on one leg: to spring: to walk lame: to limp:— pr.p. hop′ping; pa.t. and pa.p. hopped.— n. a leap on one leg: a jump: a spring: a dance, dancing-party.— ns. Hop′-o'-my-thumb , the diminutive hero of one of Madame D'Aulnoy's famous nursery tales— ' le petit pouce ,' not to be confounded with the English Tom Thumb; Hop′per , one who hops: a shaking or conveying receiver, funnel, or trough in which something is placed to be pa ed or fed, as to a mill: a boat having a movable part in its bottom for emptying a dredging-machine: a ve el in which seed-corn is carried for sowing; Hop′ping , the act of one who hops or leaps on one leg; Hop′-scotch , a game in which children hop over lines scotched or traced on the ground.— Hop, skip, and jump , a leap on one leg, a skip, and a jump with both legs; Hop the twig ( slang ), to escape one's creditors: to die. [A.S. hoppian , to dance; Ger. hüpfen .]