Hopping

Hopping

Hopping may refer to:

* Hopping, an alternative term for jumping, especially on one foot
* Hopping, the use of hops in brewing beer
* Freighthopping, the act of surreptitiously hitching a ride on a railroad freight car
* Island hopping, crossing an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands
* Movie hopping, the practice of buying a ticket for one film and illicitly attending additional showings within the same film complex without buying the required tickets
* Hopping, an alternative name for Yogic flying: see TM-Sidhi program
* Hopping mouse a genus of Australian Mice
** Darling Downs Hopping Mouse a species of hopping mouse
** Dusky Hopping Mouse a species of hopping mouse
** Fawn Hopping Mouse a species of hopping mouse
** Long-tailed Hopping Mouse a species of hopping mouse
** Northern Hopping Mouse a species of hopping mouse
** Mitchell's Hopping Mouse a species of hopping mouse
** Short-tailed Hopping Mouse a species of hopping mouse
** Spinifex Hopping Mouse a species of hopping mouse
* Hopping Mappy is an arcade game that was released by Namco in 1986.
* USS Hopping (DE-155) (active 1943 - 1947, scrapped 1966) An American warship

People called Hopping

* Blair Hopping (1980 -), New Zealand Sportsman

ee also

* Hop
* Devil Hopping, an album by British indie band Inspiral Carpets
* Hopping Hill an area in Milford, Derbyshire, England.


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  • hopping — noun pass quickly from one place to another: → hop hopping adjective informal, chiefly N. Amer. very active or lively. Phrases hopping mad informal extremely angry …   English new terms dictionary

  • -hopping — combining form 1. Denoting: making quick journeys between, usu by air, as in island hopping 2. (of an aircraft) skimming, as in hedge hopping • • • Main Entry: ↑hop …   Useful english dictionary

  • Hopping — Hop ping, n. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. [1913 Webster] {Hopping Dick} (Zo[ o]l.), a thrush of Jamaica ({Merula leucogenys}), resembling the English blackbird in its familiar manners, agreeable song,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hopping — [häp′iŋ] adj. very busy or active adv. very agitatedly or violently: chiefly in the phrase hopping mad, extremely angry …   English World dictionary

  • Hopping — Hop ping, n. [See 3rd {Hop}.] A gathering of hops. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hopping — Họp|ping 〈n.; od. s; unz.; meist in Zus.; umg.〉 rascher, häufiger Wechsel (ÄrzteHopping, DiscoHopping, InselHopping, JobHopping, (Kranken )KassenHopping) ● ein Hopping zwischen Kunst und Unterhaltung [engl., zu hop „hüpfen“] …   Universal-Lexikon

  • hopping — /hop ing/, adj. 1. working energetically; busily engaged: He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished. 2. going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type (usually used in combination): restaurant hopping …   Universalium

  • hopping — 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 …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Hopping — Hop Hop (h[o^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hopped} (h[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hopping} (h[o^]p p[i^]ng).] [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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hopping — adv. Hopping is used with these adjectives: ↑mad …   Collocations dictionary

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