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hop(2) (iou)



hop noun2. E16.
[from HOP verb1.]
An act or the action of hopping; a short spring or leap, esp. on one foot; a leap or step in dancing. E16.
b. A distance traversed in an aircraft or vehicle at one stretch; a stage of a flight or journey. E20.
C. A. Lindbergh The first hop was from Americus to Montgomery, Alabama.
c. Radio. A transmission path from one point on the earth to another that involves a single reflection from some region of the atmosphere. M20.
An informal dance. colloq. E18.
Listener Taking a girl to the Saturday-night hop in my village.
Phrases: Aztec hop: see AZTEC adjective. go on the hop slang play truant. hop, skip, and jump, hop, step, and jump (a) the action of making these three (or similar) movements in succession, spec. as an athletic exercise or contest (= triple jump s.v. TRIPLE adjective); (b) a short distance. long hop: see LONG adjective1. on the hop colloq. (a) unprepared (esp. in caught on the hop); (b) bustling about. play the hop = go on the hop above.