To leap, or move by successive leaps or sudden starts; skip, as birds; frisk or dance about; spring; specifically, as applied to persons, to spring or leap with one foot.To limp; halt; walk lame.To dance.Synonyms Leap, Trip, etc. See skip.To jump over.In cutting rasps, to carry (the punch) with a skipping movement the required distance between the teeth: as, to hop the punch.To die.Synonyms See skip, v. i.n. A leap, especially on one foot; a light spring.n. A dance; a dancing-party.n. A plant, Humulus Lupulus, of the natural order Urticaceœ, with long twining stems and abundant 3- to 5-lobed leaves.n. plural The flowers of this plant, as used in brewing, medicine, etc.n. Wood fit for hop-poles.To treat with hops: as, to hop ale.To pick or gather hops.n. In Tasmania, a leguminous shrub, Daviesia latifolia. Also called bitter-leaf.n. Same as native hop .