(v. i.) To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
(v. i.) To walk lame; to limp; to halt.
(v. i.) To dance.
(n.) A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a jump; a spring.
(n.) A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball.
(n.) A climbing plant (Humulus Lupulus), having a long, twining, annual stalk. It is cultivated for its fruit (hops).
(n.) The catkin or strobilaceous fruit of the hop, much used in brewing to give a bitter taste.
(n.) The fruit of the dog-rose. See Hip.
(v. t.) To impregnate with hops.
(v. i.) To gather hops. [Perhaps only in the form Hopping, vb. n.]
Example Sentences:
(1) Such a decision put hundreds of British jobs at risk and would once again deprive Londoners of the much-loved hop-on, hop-off service.
(2) Proceptivity (hop-darting) was facilitated by progesterone in females, but was never observed in males.
(3) The urinary HOP ratio immediately after abstinence from smoking was proportional to the mean daily number of cigarettes smoked in the past.
(4) It's certainly fun, cheap and eco-friendly and I would definitely consider it for hops within the UK, but the specific London to Paris car-pooling service is not one I'd like to experience again myself.
(5) The data suggest that a positive HOP test result is a good indication that fertilisation will occur, although a negative HOP test result does not necessarily mean that fertilisation will not take place.
(6) It was found in the groups operated 0-1, 2-3 and 4-5 weeks after birth, that the hopping reaction developed normally.
(7) We spent a lot of time there and would bar hop all around Camden, ending up at Marathon for a kebab as it was always the last place open.’ Photograph: Robert Lang Facebook Twitter Pinterest ‘This is Loraine, when late one night we ended up at a friend’s house who had been given a lifesize medical skeleton.
(8) The present study deals with urinary free and total hydroxyproline (HOP) in a group of adults between 63-93 years old, admitted in a sanatorium for geriatries.
(9) Not so in 2012, with the shortlist for outstanding achievement in dance revealed as Edward Watson for The Metamorphosis at Covent Garden; Sylvie Guillem for 6,000 Miles Away at Sadler's Wells and Tommy Franzen for Some Like it Hip Hop at the Peacock.
(10) Over the past 50 years, composer Steve Reich’s music has had a powerful impact – not only on the contemporary classical world, but also on legions of rock, pop, hip-hop, jazz, and electronic musicians.
(11) Sitting at the table today, Archie is doing his best to look the part – in time-honoured hip-hop style, there is an inspirational motto tattooed on his forearm in flowing script – and he and Foster have an impressive line in managerial hyperbole: "We believe that whatever record label we work for, we can change that label for the better because we understand what kids want to listen to."
(12) This lovely coastal route also gives you an excuse to hop on the Skye ferry, which plies its way over the narrows to Kylerhea from the start of this walk.
(13) Conscious hip-hop may have once died an untimely death, but its resurrection is good news for everyone, especially if you've got shares in Eastpak.
(14) Yet here comes Bloomberg — a former Democrat turned Republican turned independent who many thought might run for president himself on a third-party ticket — throwing his support behind Obama , citing climate as the proximate reason for his hop off the fence: Our climate is changing.
(15) The response to treatment at the end of each 2-week period was based upon three measures: the physician's global impressions; the patients' global impressions; and semiquantitative ratings of strength, muscle tone, DTRs, walking, hopping, and running.
(16) But as we’ve gathered data, we’ve realised that there are more and more reports that people are using cruise ships in order to get to launch pads, if you will, sort of closer to the conflict zones of Syria and Iraq.” Cruise ships, which often make repeated stops, offer an added benefit by allowing would-be jihadis to hop off undetected at any number of ports making efforts to track them more difficult.
(17) Student days and getting drunk, our worst dates, how close we are to our parents, sausages, setting up Lindy Hop dance classes for gay people.
(18) This stands in high contrast to many western hip-hop stars who have been slow to relinquish control of their "intellectual" property in the same way (take Jay-Z's Empire State of Mind, for example, which quickly generated a host of YouTube tributes that were quickly removed by EMI ).
(19) But the star – who is better known for divisive wins at awards ceremonies and singing about the merits of charity shop bargains – was one of many hip-hop and urban artists who made their voices heard after the grand jury’s decision to not indict Wilson.
(20) ‘People were looking for a focus for their anxieties, and Greenham was it’ Read more People were sitting on the wall, drinking champagne and beers, so I hopped up to join them.
Leapfrog
Definition:
(n.) A play among boys, in which one stoops down and another leaps over him by placing his hands on the shoulders of the former.
Example Sentences:
(1) Aims include overtaking Tesco to become the market leader in general merchandise and leapfrogging Sainsbury's to become No 2 in food.
(2) Reaping the benefits of a successful speech to Iowa conservatives the preceding weekend, Walker leapfrogged more established candidates and secured 15% of the vote – up from 4% in October.
(3) In a sense, what the BBC is now trying to do is to leapfrog from its "multichannel" phase into the on-demand future.
(4) Their season was discussed in the past tense, as though it had ended with the week 16 loss to Carolina that allowed the Panthers to leapfrog them into first place in the NFC South.
(5) Leapfrogging the rest of the field through technological means, however, is harder than in certain other sports.
(6) Where the inferior view shows a "tent tip" skyline, lateral crus advancement is required and can be achieved in asynchronous repairs by Pigott alar leapfrog at primary repair or by Potter V-Y advancement at the time of forked flap columella lengthening.
(7) Yes, Bryant's return should help the Lakers remain competitive for the next two-plus seasons, but it's hard to see them coming out of a crowded Western Conference where they would have to leapfrog the Oklahoma City Thunder, San Antonio Spurs, Golden State Warriors, Houston Rockets and even, it seems now, the Portland Trail Blazers.
(8) Following his victory, Murray leapfrogged double Olympic gold medallist Mo Farah in the betting for the most competitive BBC Sports Personality Award of all time, though he remains behind another who bucked history this summer – Tour de France winner Bradley Wiggins.
(9) Its technology would let any handset maker leapfrog the opposition, which will be interesting to Apple and Microsoft, the owner of Nokia, which both need to catch up on rivals in this field.
(10) A resurgent Rupert Murdoch , after two years of decline in the MediaGuardian 100, bounced back to fourth position ‑ leapfrogging his son James ‑ on the back of his decision to put up paywalls around the online content of the Times and Sunday Times.
(11) This review chronicles the leapfrogging of medical and surgical creativity and contributions to saving lives and making those lives healthy through informed care for people with congenital heart disease.
(12) In 2007 he leapfrogged Li Keqiang – until then seen as likely to succeed Hu, but seen perhaps as too much Hu's protege – as the consensus candidate in a system built on collective decision-making.
(13) It also leapfrogged Germany in the number of people with more than $50m, with 400 more than 2014 and a total of 5,400.
(14) It took second place in the women's weekly market, as classified by ABC, and top place among the celebrity titles, leapfrogging sister title OK!, which was 15.7% up year on year but 1.9% down on the previous six months to 588,546.
(15) Scotland has now been leapfrogged by Latvia and Lithuania whose Ministers sit at the top table and make their farmers a priority.
(16) In six years, Santander has become one of the biggest banks on the British high street, leapfrogging HSBC after today's deal.
(17) Now the MP for South Northamptonshire, who entered parliament in 2010, has leapfrogged Michael Gove to become second favourite with the bookmakers to be the next Conservative leader and prime minister.
(18) A deal would also help WPP leapfrog its rival Omnicom into first place among advertising behemoths, a ranking it has taken twice previously: in the 1990s - when the company's overstretched position also put it on the brink of collapse - and earlier this decade.
(19) Global Radio's Capital, which had leapfrogged Heart into the runner-up spot last time round, slipped 6.9% on the previous quarter to post a reach - listeners tuning in for more than five minutes a week – of 1.81 million , according to official Rajar listening figures published today.
(20) It is almost unheard of for a finance director to leapfrog the role of chief executive and be installed as chairman.