hop

1 hops plural : the ripe dried pistillate catkins of a perennial north-temperate zone twining vine (Humulus lupulus) of the hemp family used especially to impart a bitter flavor to malt liquors

2 : the vine from which hops are obtained having 3- to 5-lobed leaves and inconspicuous flowers of which the pistillate ones are in glandular cone-shaped catkins

hop

verb (2)

hopped; hopping

Definition of hop (Entry 4 of 4)

transitive verb

: to flavor with hops

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More Definitions for hop

hop

verb

\ ˈhäp

hopped; hopping

Kids Definition of hop

(Entry 1 of 3)

1 : to move by short quick jumps

2 : to jump on one foot

3 : to jump over We hopped the puddle.

4 : to get on, in, or aboard by or as if by hopping Quick, hop the bus.

5 : to make a quick trip especially by air Let's hop down to Atlanta.

hop

noun

Kids Definition of hop (Entry 2 of 3)

1 : a short quick jump especially on one leg

2 : a short trip especially by air

hop

noun

Kids Definition of hop (Entry 3 of 3)

1 : a twining vine whose greenish flowers look like small cones

2 hops plural : the dried flowers of the hop plant used chiefly in making beer and ale

hop

noun

\ ˈhäp

Medical Definition of hop

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : a twining vine (Humulus lupulus) of the mulberry family with 3-lobed or 5-lobed leaves and inconspicuous flowers of which the pistillate ones are in glandular cone-shaped catkins

2 hops plural : the ripe dried pistillate catkins of a hop used especially to impart a bitter flavor to malt liquors and also in medicine as a tonic

HOP

abbreviation

Medical Definition of HOP (Entry 2 of 2)

high oxygen pressure

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