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Is hop a Scrabble word?

Yes, hop is a valid Scrabble word! Worth 8 points in Scrabble.

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What is the meaning of hop?

Definition

noun (English)

1. (informal, figurative) A brief period of development or progress.Examples: "For popular radio stars in New York and Los Angeles, it was a short hop to network television."figurativelyinformal

2. (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.US

3. (UK, US, slang, dated) A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.Examples: "1896, Benjamin Brierley, James Dronsfield, "Ab-o'th'-Yate" Sketches and Other Short Stories One singing-room we had closed, and so damaged a "twopenny hop" that it could not have survived another season had our own prosperity continued unchecked."UKUSdatedslang

4. (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.

verb (English)

1. (intransitive) To jump a short distance.Examples: "When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail."Synonyms: jump, leapintransitive

2. (intransitive) To jump on one foot.intransitive

3. (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.Examples: "Sorry, can't chat. Got to hop."; "The sudden rush of customers had everyone in the shop hopping."intransitive

4. (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.Examples: "I hopped a plane over here as soon as I heard the news."; "He was trying to hop a ride in an empty trailer headed north."; "He hopped a train to California."transitive

5. (transitive) To jump onto, or overExamples: "They hop the curb and cut their engines."; "As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it."transitive

6. (intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.Examples: "We were party-hopping all weekend."; "bar-hopping"; "We had to island-hop on the weekly seaplane to get to his hideaway."in-compoundsintransitiveusually

noun (English)

1. (usually in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.plural-normally

2. (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.Examples: "‘You've been shot full of hop and kept under it until you're as crazy as two waltzing mice.’"Synonyms: aunti/aunti Emma, big O, chandu, Chinese tobacco, dopium, dream gun, dream stick, fi-do-nieUSslang

verb (English)

1. (transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beerExamples: "If you brew in March or October, and have hopped it for long keeping[…]"transitive

2. (intransitive) To gather hops.intransitive

noun (English)

1. (Internet) Synonym of half-op.Synonyms: half-opInternet

noun (English)

1. (Australia, slang) Ellipsis of John Hop (“a police officer”).Examples: ""Police!" snarled Jack. "Bloody Johnny Hops! They couldn't hold a sucking pig in their hands, unless somebody hung on to its tail for them. It's our boys who've got things in hand. And handed them over to the Hops.""Australiaabbreviationalt-ofellipsisslang

Definition source: Wiktionary

What Scrabble words can I make with the letters in "hop"?

How many Scrabble points is the word "hop"?

Scrabble
8 points
H4
O1
P3
Words With Friends
8 points
H3
O1
P4

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