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hopping

/hˈɑpɪŋ/verb2 syllables

Hopping means: jump lightly.

Synonyms for hopping3

verb, as in jump lightly

hop, skip, hop-skip

verb, as in move quickly from one place to another

hop

verb, as in travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.

hop

verb, as in traverse as if by a short airplane trip

hop

verb, as in jump across

hop

verb, as in make a jump forward or upward

hop

What does hopping mean?6

verb

1

jump lightly

2

move quickly from one place to another

3

travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc.“She hopped a train to Chicago”

4

traverse as if by a short airplane trip“Hop the Pacific Ocean”

5

jump across“He hopped the bush”

6

make a jump forward or upward

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with hopping?9

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Hopping in a sentence

  • A wren was hopping about in the snow, looking for food.sundown
  • We're doing the same old routine: going bar hopping and then to karaoke.mccarras
  • A squirrel is hopping over the mossy logs.Zurich899
  • A one-legged man is hopping over here.Eccles17
  • What's that furry thing hopping around the garden?CM
  • Ziri was hopping up and down on one of the bunk beds.Amastan
  • The grasshopper was hopping from one piece of furniture to another.Amastan
  • There wasn't anything good on TV, so I spent the entire afternoon channel-hopping.DJ_Saidez

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