Hopping

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hop \Hop\ (h[o^]p), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hopped} (h[o^]pt); p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Hopping} (h[o^]p"p[i^]ng).] [OE. hoppen to hop,
   leap, dance, AS. hoppian; akin to Icel. & Sw. hoppa, Dan.
   hoppe, D. huppelen, G. h["u]pfen.]
   1. To move by successive leaps, as toads do; to spring or
      jump on one foot; to skip, as birds do.
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            [Birds] hopping from spray to spray.  --Dryden.
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   2. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. --Dryden.
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   3. To dance. --Smollett.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hopping \Hop"ping\, n.
   The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking,
   or dancing.
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   {Hopping Dick} (Zool.), a thrush of Jamaica ({Merula
      leucogenys}), resembling the English blackbird in its
      familiar manners, agreeable song, and dark plumage.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hopping \Hop"ping\, n. [See 3rd {Hop}.]
   A gathering of hops.
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