hopping

plural hoppings

1. UKcountableuncountablehop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.

   Hopping Down in Kent, Alan Bignell (1977).

2. countableuncountableThe addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent

1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of hop

plural hoppings

1. countableuncountableThe act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
2. countablenatural sciencesA shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.

comparative more hopping · superlative most hopping

1. That uses hopping for locomotion.
2. USslangOf a location, crowded with people.

plural Hoppings

1. A surname.