hopping

== English == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -ɒpɪŋ === Etymology 1 === Alternative spelling (C17) of hoppe, from Middle French houbelon ==== Noun ==== hopping (countable and uncountable, plural hoppings) (British) hop 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). The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== hopping present participle and gerund of hop ==== Noun ==== hopping (countable and uncountable, plural hoppings) The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. (countable, physics) A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom. ==== Adjective ==== hopping (comparative more hopping, superlative most hopping) That uses hopping for locomotion. (US, slang) Of a location, crowded with people. ==== Derived terms ====