hop

A short jump.

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 takes place on a private plane.

My fellow passengers are a mixture of people returning from a day out in the capital, locals doing short hops, and a few (like me) heading farther afield.

A brief period of development or progress.

For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television.

A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.

To jump a short distance.

When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.

To jump on one foot.

To be in state of energetic activity.

Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop.

The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping.

To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.

I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news.

He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north.

To jump onto, or over

They hop the curb and cut their engines.

As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it.

A plant of species Humulus lupulus, native to northern Europe, female flowers of which are used to flavour many types of beer during brewing.

The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer.

Opium, or some other narcotic drug.

‘You've been shot full of hop and kept under it until you're as crazy as two waltzing mice.’

The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.