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Definition of Hopping
1. n. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
2. n. A gathering of hops.
Definition of Hopping
1. Noun. (uncountable British) hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent. ¹
2. Verb. (present participle of ''hop'') ¹
3. Noun. (countable physics) A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hopping
1. a going from one place to another of the same kind [n -S]
Medical Definition of Hopping
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The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hopping
Literary usage of Hopping
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Baxter Manuscripts by James Phinney Baxter (1914)
"State of Massachusetts Bay In the House of Representatives Decr 20'h 1779 The
Committee appointed to Examine the accounts of Richard hopping who was wounded ..."
2. Games & Dances: A Selected Collection of Games, Song-games and Dances by William Albin Stecher (1912)
"hopping CONTESTS. (a) HOP AND PULL. Divide the players into "ones" and "twos.
... The opponents now grasp each other's shoulders, and while hopping try to ..."
3. The Treasury of Knowledge and Library Reference by Samuel Maunder (1853)
"hopping, and Sliding on One Leg.—hopping is derived from the Anglo-Saxon, ...
or hopping upon one foot; the conqueror being he who could hop the most ..."
4. The Games & Diversions of Argyleshire by Robert Craig Maclagan (1901)
"This is apparently a modernised " Game of the Fox." hopping GAMES There ...
certain games which are played hopping. These one may suspect are Lowland games; ..."
5. Gymnastics for Youth, Or, A Practical Guide to Healthful and Amusing by Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts Muths, Christian Gotthilf Salzmann (1803)
"hopping. Let the pupils stand in a line, about a step distance from each other,
... Every thing said of hopping is equally applicable to this: but here, ..."
6. Pacific Reporter by West Publishing Company (1886)
"hopping, ante, 73, and note on 75-82. DUNIWAY PUB. Co. v. NORTHWEST P. & FOB.
Co. March Term, 1884. NEWSPAPERS—Tm,E—INFRINGEMENT. No intentional fraud being ..."
7. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"with the stones on the outside; and a monstrous animal, as tall as a grenadier,
with the head of a rabbit, a tail as big as a bedpost, hopping along at the ..."
8. Song-roundels and Games by Henry Suder (1904)
"Variations, such as hopping, running backward, etc., may be substituted. The games
may also be played with Indian Clubs, blocks, erasers, etc. ..."
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