Lexic.us

Definition of Hop on

1. Verb. Get up on the back of. "Mount a horse"

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hop On

Literary usage of Hop on

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Folk-dances and singing games by Elizabeth Burchenal (1913)
"time touch the left toe forward into space three (one, and); hop on the ... hop on the right foot in space four and at the same time touch the left toe ..."

2. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... To hop on one leg is the Anglo-Saxon ... Get Into thy hopyard. for now It U Um« To teach Robin hop on bis pole how to climb. ..."

3. Gymnastic Teaching by William Skarstrom (1914)
"hop on one foot and swing other forw., change and swing other foot backw. ... (1) Leap and (2) hop on L. foot; (3) jump to R. foot with arm flinging ..."

4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1835)
"Encored, and hop on, and sing it again. Hop off, out of wind, fagged to death, and then you want me to hop on again, and sing another dd long song. ..."

5. Dancing by Frazer (Lily Grove), Percy Macquoid (1895)
"The setting or footing step, frequent in English country dances : bring one foot up behind the other, and sink or hop on it—this is a minor step ..."

6. Cyclopædia of Wit and Humor by Wayne E. Burton (1868)
"hop on and sing a long song, and then hop off. Encored, and hop on, and sing it again. Hop off, out of wind, fagged to death, and then you want me to hop on ..."

7. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1880)
"A game of children, in which they hop on one foot through different square spaces chalked out, driving a bit of slate or broken crockery before them. ..."

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