hop
- noun
- /hɑp/
- Archaic
- Last Saturday night, we had a great time dancing at the school hop.
- sock hop
Examples
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Let's go to the hop, oh, baby!"
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Well, honestly, I was thinking I should get back inside, 'Cause the bunny hop was coming up and...
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-♪ The Christmas party hop ♪ Better 1.
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They taught us the Lindy Hop.
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I stayed in the background, tapped my feet to the hip-hop, and played it cool.
Fiction book (2001) -
The students organized a fun-filled hop to celebrate the end of the semester.
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Everyone was excited for the retro-themed hop where they could dance to their favorite hits.
Synonyms
A social event where people move to music
A lively informal party with music and dancing
A lively informal party with music and dancing
A lively noisy party with loud music and dancing
An informal dance for teenagers where people play popular songs from records
Compounds
A medium-sized tree with thin flaky bark and hop-like fruit groups found in eastern North America
A track event where an athlete does a hop, a step, then a long jump in one run
- Jargon
A device in an airsoft gun that makes plastic BBs spin backwards to fly straighter and farther
A medium-sized tree that loses its leaves in winter and has hard wood and attractive bark
How Lively
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hop for a dance comes from the idea of 'hopping'—quick jumps or lively steps that people make when they dance. That's why a 'hop' is an informal dance or party.