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TAKE A HOP

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Dictionary entry overview: What does take a hop mean?

• TAKE A HOP (verb)
The verb TAKE A HOP has 1 sense:

1. spring back; spring away from an impact

Familiarity information: TAKE A HOP used as a verb is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• TAKE A HOP (verb)

Sense 1

take a hop ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Spring back; spring away from an impact

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

bounce; rebound; ricochet; take a hop; resile; recoil; spring; bound; reverberate

Context examples:

The rubber ball bounced / These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide

Hypernyms (to "take a hop" is one way to...):

bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take a hop"):

kick; kick back; recoil (spring back, as from a forceful thrust)

bound off; skip (bound off one point after another)

carom; glance (rebound after hitting)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP

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