hopping

adverb

hop·ping | \ ˈhä-piŋ

Definition of hopping

(Entry 1 of 3)

: extremely, violently —used in the phrase hopping mad

hopping

adjective

Definition of hopping (Entry 2 of 3)

1 : intensely active : busy they kept us hopping

2 : extremely angry

hopping

noun

Definition of hopping (Entry 3 of 3)

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

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Examples of hopping in a Sentence

Adjective

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

Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective

But the hoppingest place to be is the locals-favorite The Mangy Moose, a cavernous, packed, two-level, two-bar building hung with license plates and a huge, well, ragged taxidermied moose. — Alex Postman, Condé Nast Traveler, "Why Jackson Hole Is the Perfect Ski Town," 21 Mar. 2018 The Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky International Airport will be a hopping place this coming weekend and next for Christmas and New Year's Day. — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, "Everything you need to know about getting around CVG this holiday season," 20 Dec. 2017

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun

But this hopping strategy should allow the rovers to explore the surface of Ryugu autonomously without drifting off. — Loren Grush, The Verge, "A Japanese spacecraft just threw two small rovers at an asteroid," 21 Sep. 2018 Challengers must make it through the whole ride—no hopping on, taking a selfie and hopping off. — Nancy Coleman, WSJ, "‘Every Minute Matters’: Disney Diehards Race to Hit 49 Rides in One Day," 7 Aug. 2018 But its genre-hopping and its trashier elements are very much intentional. — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, "You, now streaming on Netflix, tilts the rom-com into postmodern horror," 27 Dec. 2018 The gravity on Ryugu is one-66,500th of Earth's, so even a tiny push off the surface is enough to send the lander hopping (or potentially floating away from the asteroid). — Megan Gannon, Space.com, "'Crazy' Rocky Surface of Asteroid Ryugu Revealed in MASCOT Lander Images," 13 Oct. 2018 There’s way more to London then the Royals, pub-hopping and fish n’ chips—for nine splendid days in September, the city turns into a design lover's dream during their annual London Design Festival. — Carisha Swanson, House Beautiful, "Go Inside The London Design Festival, AKA Fashion Week For Decor Addicts," 2 Oct. 2018 Embry’s death came during a wave of pool hopping that summer; city kids, pushed outdoors by the sweltering heat, would snip holes in the chain-link fences surrounding the pools and while away their nights in the water. — Matthew Ormseth, courant.com, "Teen Drowns In Hartford's Keney Park Pool After Camera That Officials Knew Was Broken Fails To Alert Police," 4 July 2018 In the evenings, it's packed with people bar-hopping, attending festivals and marches, and Sacramento Kings games. — The Sacramento Bee Editorial Board, sacbee, "Everybody poops. Sacramento must make sure homeless people can do it in a toilet | The Sacramento Bee," 19 Mar. 2018 Right now, job-hopping is on the rise because of the good economy and millennials who’ve grown up suspecting that there’s no such thing as loyalty from employers anymore. — NBC News, "Job-hopping is on the rise. Should you consider switching roles to make more money?," 24 Apr. 2018

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