n. [ OE. hoppe; akin to D. hop, hoppe, OHG. hopfo, G. hopfen; cf. LL. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. & Dan. humle. ] 1. (Bot.) A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops). [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip. [ 1913 Webster ]

Hop back. (Brewing) See under 1st Back. --
Hop clover (Bot.), a species of yellow clover having heads like hops in miniature (Trifolium agrarium, and Trifolium procumbens). --
Hop flea (Zool.), a small flea beetle (Haltica concinna), very injurious to hops. --
Hop fly (Zool.), an aphid (Phorodon humuli), very injurious to hop vines. --
Hop froth fly (Zool.), an hemipterous insect (Aphrophora interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines. --
Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya (Ostrya Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (Ostrya vulgaris). --
Hop moth (Zool.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines. --
Hop picker, one who picks hops. --
Hop pole, a pole used to support hop vines. --
Hop tree (Bot.), a small American tree (Ptelia trifoliata), having broad, flattened fruit in large clusters, sometimes used as a substitute for hops. --
Hop vine (Bot.), the climbing vine or stalk of the hop. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To impregnate with hops. Mortimer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hopped p. pr. & vb. n. Hopping ] [ OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. hüpfen. ] 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 ]

n. 1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Hop, skip and jump,
Hop, step and a jump or
Hop, step and jump, 1. a game or athletic sport in which the participants cover as much ground as possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession. 2. a short distance. Addison. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

v. i. To gather hops. [ Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n. ]

{ } n. The climbing stem of the hop. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of. [ 1913 Webster ]

We hope no other from your majesty. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Charity ] hopeth all things. 1 Cor. xiii. 7. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To expect; to fear. [ Obs. ] “I hope he will be dead.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Hope is often used colloquially regarding uncertainties, with no reference to the future. “I hope she takes me to be flesh and blood.” Mrs. Centlivre. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Hoped p. pr. & vb. n. Hoping. ] [ AS. hopian; akin to D. hopen, Sw. hoppan, Dan. haabe, G. hoffen. See 2nd Hope. ] 1. To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect; -- usually followed by for. “Hope for good success.” Jer. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

But I will hope continually. Ps. lxxi. 14. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good; -- usually followed by in. “I hope in thy word.” Ps. cxix. 81. [ 1913 Webster ]

Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? Hope thou in God. Ps. xlii. 11. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Icel. hōp a small bay or inlet. ] 1. A sloping plain between mountain ridges. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A small bay; an inlet; a haven. [ Scot. ] Jamieson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS., akin to D. hoop, hope, Sw. hopp, Dan. haab, MHG. hoffe. Hope in forlorn hope is different word. See Forlorn hope, under Forlorn. ] 1. A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The hypocrite's hope shall perish. Job vii. 13. [ 1913 Webster ]

He wished, but not with hope. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. Keble. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good. [ 1913 Webster ]

The Lord will be the hope of his people. Joel iii. 16. [ 1913 Webster ]

A young gentleman of great hopes, whose love of learning was highly commendable. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which is hoped for; an object of hope. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lavina is thine elder brother's hope. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]