hops
Because it is a word with a single syllable, hops is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofhops
- A short jump.
Example: "The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops."
- A jump on one leg.
- A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on private plane.
- A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
- A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
- The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.
- To jump a short distance.
- To jump on one foot.
- To be in state of energetic activity.
Example: "Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop."
- To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
Example: "He hopped a train to California."
- To jump onto, or over
- (usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
Example: "We had to island hop on the weekly seaplane to get to his hideaway."
- To walk lame; to limp.
- To dance.
- The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers, beer or ale is brewed.
- (usually in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
- Opium, or some other narcotic drug.
- The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.
- To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
- To gather hops.
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