hopping
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1hopping

adverb

Definition of HOPPING

: extremely, violently —used in the phrase hopping mad

First Known Use of HOPPING

1675

Rhymes with HOPPING

2hopping

adjective

Definition of HOPPING

1
: intensely active : busy <they kept us hopping>
2
: extremely angry

Examples of HOPPING

  1. The boss kept me hopping all day.
  2. <when he saw what I'd done to his car, the other driver was hopping>

First Known Use of HOPPING

1785

Related to HOPPING

Synonyms
angered, apoplectic, ballistic, cheesed off [chiefly British], choleric, enraged, foaming, fuming, furious, angry, horn-mad, hot, incensed, indignant, inflamed (also enflamed), infuriate, infuriated, irate, ireful, livid, mad, outraged, rabid, rankled, riled, riley, roiled, shirty [chiefly British], sore, steamed up, steaming, teed off, ticked, wrathful, wroth
Antonyms
angerless, delighted, pleased

3hopping

noun

Definition of HOPPING

: a going from one place to another of the same kind —usually used in combination <gallery-hopping>

First Known Use of HOPPING

1879

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