Definitions
the act of hopping; jumping upward or forward (especially on one foot)
Word origin
From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”).
Used in a sentence
“The frog crossed the brook in three or four hops.”
“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.”
“For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer5 curated clues
01“Bunny movement”3 letters
02“Jump on one foot”3 letters
03“Leap lightly”3 letters
04“Beer ingredient”3 letters
05“Small jump”3 letters
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