hop

hop has 19 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• v. i.. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
• v. i.. To walk lame; to limp; to halt.
• v. i.. To dance.
• n.. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
• n.. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.
• n.. A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
• n.. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
• n.. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
• v. t.. To impregnate with hops.
• v. i.. To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]
• n.. the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
• n.. an informal dance where popular music is played