hopping Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb jump lightly
    skip; hop; hop-skip.
  2. verb move quickly from one place to another
    hop.
  3. verb travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.
    hop.
    • She hopped a train to Chicago
    • He hopped rides all over the country
  4. verb traverse as if by a short airplane trip
    hop.
    • Hop the Pacific Ocean
  5. verb jump across
    hop.
    • He hopped the bush
  6. verb make a jump forward or upward
    hop.

WordNet

Hop"ping noun
Definitions
  1. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
Hop"ping noun
Etymology
See 3rd Hop.
Definitions
  1. A gathering of hops.

Webster 1913