[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hop.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / hop

[← H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/H/)

# hop

«hop» in Mova's school dictionary: **to jump on one foot** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (hop, hops, hopped, hopping); noun (a hop, hops)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To hop is to jump on one foot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#m1)

2) To hop is to move in small jumps, like a rabbit, a frog or a bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#m2)

3) To hop on or off is to get on or off a bus, bike or train quickly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#m3)

4) A hop is one small jump. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#m4)

5) Hops are a plant used in making beer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In maths, jumps of equal size along a number line or path; counted jumps (hops × length). In PE and games: hopscotch, hopping races. In science, kangaroos, rabbits, frogs and many birds hop to move. In stories, a frog hops from lily pad to lily pad. Phrases: «hop on», «hop off», «hop over», «hop on one leg», «hip hop».

### examples

- The frog hops 3 metres each time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#x1)
- It hops 5 times. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#x2)
- How far did it hop? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#x3)
- A rabbit hops 2 steps forward. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#x4)
- Can you hop on one leg for ten seconds? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#x5)
- The kangaroo hopped across the field. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#x6)
- We played hopscotch in the playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#x7)
- Hop on the bus, we're late! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#x8)
- On the number line, hop from 4 to 10 in jumps of 2. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#x9)
- The sparrow hopped along the fence. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#x10)
- Then he hopped out on the deck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/#x11)

### note

Past: hopped; -ing: hopping (double p). Do not confuse with hope (hoped, hoping). Equal hops mean multiplication (hops × length of each hop). Trap: a frog that hops forward 3 and slides back 1 moves 2 each time; on its last hop it may reach the top before sliding.

### In the corpora

- [The North American wood frog can freeze solid in winter, with its heart stopped, and thaw and hop away in spring.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/55-sleep-and-hibernation/12/)
- [Kangaroos hop with springy tendons that store energy like a pogo stick, so hopping fast costs them hardly more energy than hopping slowly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/103-the-australian-walkabout-kangaroos-emus-wallabies-dingoes/5/)
- [Baby hares are born furry with open eyes and can hop soon after birth, while baby rabbits are born bare and blind underground.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/123-bugs-bunny-and-daffy-duck-real-rabbits-hares-and-ducks/7/)
- [Sifakas are leaping lemurs that hop sideways on two legs across open ground and can leap about ten metres from tree to tree.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/163-madagascar-lemurs-of-every-kind-and-the-fossa/7/)
- [Arctic hares can hop on their back legs like a kangaroo when they run fast, and they sometimes gather in groups of hundreds.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/168-the-arctic-tundra-musk-oxen-arctic-foxes-and-the-truth-about-lemmings/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hop» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hop/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.