hopping

noun

1. (British, countable, uncountable)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).”

2. (countable, uncountable)The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent
3. (countable, uncountable)The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
4. (countable)A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of hop

adj

1. That uses hopping for locomotion.
2. (US, slang)Of a location, crowded with people.

name

1. A surname.