to hop
- verb
- /hɑp/
- How about I hop in there and we go for a spin?
- hop on a plane
So now let's hop on over to to Tanya.
- So now let's hop on over to to Tanya.
- So he said yeah, hop in and we're in LA the next day.
- So we're going to hop in the car and see about it.
- If you can't be there, well, I'm going to go got to hop on a plane to LAX.
- Then I'd hop the trolley past Screamy's thimbles to Scrammy's crackers.
Examples
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All right, well, it's raining, so let's hop in and see what we can find.
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So we're going to hop in the car and see about it.
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So he said yeah, hop in and we're in LA the next day.
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So how about you just hop in here.
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He'll hop in the car.
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Come on, let's just hop in the car and get some more film.
Fiction book (1990) -
So we hopped in the car, went back to the yard.
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We're going to go through customs, hop an Uber and head home.
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In a minute, she would hop on the bus and be whisked away to downtown Toronto.
Fiction book (1999) -
After a long meeting, she decided to hop in the car and drive to the beach for some relaxation.
Synonyms
Get off a bus or leave a call quickly
To go quickly to a nearby place for a short visit
Stop at a place for a short time while going somewhere else
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Phrasal Verbs
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
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Surface Forms
Etymology
The travel verb hop grows from the same idea of quick jumps, like stepping quickly from place to place. That's why we say you 'hop' a short trip or 'hop' on a bus or flight for a quick journey.