hopping
See also: Hopping
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Alternative spelling (C17) of hoppe, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French houbelon
Noun
hopping (countable and uncountable, plural hoppings)
- (British) hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.
- Hopping Down in Kent, Alan Bignell (1977).
- The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent
Etymology 2
Verb
hopping
- present participle of hop
Noun
hopping (countable and uncountable, plural hoppings)
- The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
- (countable, physics) A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.
Adjective
hopping (comparative more hopping, superlative most hopping)