hop

B1 · Intermediate Informal

v. to go somewhere quickly or to get onto a vehicle like a bus or train.

v. to move in a quick or sudden manner; often used transitively when boarding a vehicle.

“I'm going to hop on the bus and meet you at the cinema in ten minutes.”

“After the meeting, he decided to hop a flight to Chicago to surprise his family for the weekend.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate

v. to move often from one job, place, or activity to another.

v. to move frequently between similar places or situations; commonly found in compounds like 'job-hopping'.

“Many young professionals hop from one company to another to increase their salary.”

“The backpackers spent the summer island-hopping across the Aegean, never staying in one port for more than two nights.”

A2 · Elementary Countable noun Sports

n. a small jump, usually on one leg.

n. a short, springy leap; in athletics, the first stage of the 'hop, step, and jump'.

Español:salto

“With a quick hop, the rabbit disappeared into the tall grass.”

“The athlete's final hop was slightly off-balance, which cost him several centimetres in the total distance of the triple jump.”

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun Informal

n. a short journey, especially a short flight in a plane.

n. a short distance or journey, particularly an air journey between nearby destinations.

“It is just a short hop from London to Paris by plane.”

“The regional airline specialises in short hops between the various islands in the archipelago.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Countable noun Cooking

n. a climbing plant whose flowers are used to give beer its bitter taste.

n. the dried female flower of the Humulus lupulus plant, used as a bittering and flavouring agent in brewing.

“This craft beer has a very strong smell of fresh hops.”

“The brewmaster experimented with different varieties of hops to achieve the specific citrus aroma required for the new pale ale.”

C1 · Advanced Countable noun Computing Technical

n. one step in the journey of a piece of data from one computer to another.

n. the passage of a data packet from one network node to the next.

“The connection is slow because the data has to make too many hops.”

“Network latency increased significantly as the packet traversed fifteen hops before reaching the destination server.”