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hopping
[hop-ing]
adjective
working energetically; busily engaged.
He kept the staff hopping in order to get the report finished.
going from one place or situation to another of a similar specified type (usually used in combination).
restaurant-hopping.
hopping
/ ˈɒɪŋ /
noun
the action of a person or animal that hops
dialecta fair, esp ( the Hoppings ) an annual fair in Newcastle
adjective
in a terrible rage
Idioms and Phrases
hopping mad, furious; enraged.
He was hopping mad when his daughter dropped out of college.
Example Sentences
Lee spent his teenage years hopping from one factory to another to help.
As a senior figure warns, for some Nato members, spending 3.5% of GDP on defence is a already a "done deal" - but the UK is still "hopping around".
And honestly, the truth behind it is, Kamala Harris, the way that she ran her campaign, hopping in there late was, I thought was excellent.
Around now blackbirds are breeding and raising their young, frequently seen hopping along the ground and singing from the branches of trees on summer evenings.
After spending her 20s tirelessly hopping from studio to studio to build her portfolio, she now insists on writing, recording and producing at home.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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