'Hopping' definitions:

Definition of 'Hopping'

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  • Hop \Hop\ (h[o^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Hopped (h[o^]pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping (h[o^]p"p[i^]ng).] [OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. h["u]pfen.]
  • 1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do. [1913 Webster]
  • [Birds] hopping from spray to spray. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To dance. --Smollett. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hopping'

From: GCIDE
  • Hopping \Hop"ping\, n. [See 3rd Hop.] A gathering of hops. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Hopping'

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  • Hopping \Hop"ping\, n. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. [1913 Webster]
  • Hopping Dick (Zool.), a thrush of Jamaica ({Merula leucogenys}), resembling the English blackbird in its familiar manners, agreeable song, and dark plumage. [1913 Webster]