hopping (root: hop)

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Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

hop=ping

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CIDE DICTIONARY

hopping, n.

The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. [1913 Webster]

Hopping Dick (Zoöl.), a thrush of Jamaica (Merula leucogenys), resembling the English blackbird in its familiar manners, agreeable song, and dark plumage.

hopping, n. [See 3rd Hop.].

A gathering of hops. [1913 Webster]

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