Hop (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Hopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Hopping (?).] [OE. hoppen to hop, leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan. hoppe, D. huppelen, G. hüpfen.] 1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
hopping from spray to spray. Dryden.
2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. Dryden.
3. To dance. Smollett.