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To move by a quick springy leap or in a series of leaps.

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  • Verb (used without object) : He hopped up to Boston for the day. ,to island-hop; to job-hop
  • Verb (used with object) : The sheep hopped the fence. ,to hop a plane. ,We hopped the Atlantic in five hours
  • Players immediately hopped from the bench to cheer him on.
  • Meanwhile, Perry has hopped from a variety of TV shows, but is best known for his writing on The Guardian and Millennium.
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