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Definition of Take a hop
1. Verb. Spring back; spring away from an impact. "These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide"
Specialized synonyms: Kick, Kick Back, Recoil, Bound Off, Skip, Carom
Generic synonyms: Bound, Jump, Leap, Spring
Derivative terms: Bounce, Bounce, Bound, Rebound, Recoil, Resiliency, Resilient, Ricochet, Spring
Lexicographical Neighbors of Take A Hop
Literary usage of Take a hop
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Merry's Museum (1846)
"And now 1 catch a fly, And now I wink my eye, And now I take a hop, And now and
then I stop. Hip, hip, hop. And this is all I do — And yet they say it's ..."
2. The Canadian Monthly and National Review by William White (1879)
"sinking -with fatigue, I could no more resist her than I could take a hop-skip-
and-jump over the roof of this cottage. If I have done wrong, ..."
3. A Catalogue of the Royal and Noble Authors of England, Scotland, and Ireland by Horace Walpole, Thomas Park (1806)
"Let's have a tune.1—' Aye, come, let's stop Replies the Kid, ' and take a hop.'— '
Aye, do,' says Jack; ' the meanwhile I ' Will wait for you, ..."
4. The Farmers and Fruit-growers' Guide by New South Wales Dept. of Agriculture, W. H. Clarke (1898)
"The following is the general method of making the test :—take a hop-flower or
two from an outside bunch of hops, strip the leaves or bracts from the stem of ..."
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