different between hop vs vault

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /h?p/
• Rhymes: -?p
• (US) IPA^(key): /h?p/

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-Germanic *hupp?n? (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”). Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).

Noun

hop (plural hops)

1. A short jump.

2. A jump on one leg.
3. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that take place on a private plane.
4. (sports, US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
5. (US, dated) A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
6. (networking) The sending of a data packet from one host to another as part of its overall journey.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hop (third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)

1. (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
   • 1918, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Land That Time Forgot Chapter V

     When it had advanced from the wood, it hopped much after the fashion of a kangaroo, using its hind feet and tail to propel it, and when it stood erect, it sat upon its tail.

   Synonyms: jump, leap

2. (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
3. (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.

4. (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.

5. (transitive) To jump onto, or over
6. (intransitive, usually in combination) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.

7. (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

8. To dance.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Smollett to this entry?)

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Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English hoppe, from Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô. Cognate with German Hopfen and French houblon.

Noun

hop (plural hops)

1. The plant (Humulus lupulus) from whose flowers beer or ale is brewed.
3. (usually in the plural) The flowers of the hop plant, dried and used to brew beer etc.
4. (US, slang) Opium, or some other narcotic drug.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:opium

   • 1940, Raymond Chandler, Farewell, My Lovely, Penguin 2010, p. 177:

     ‘You've been shot full of hop and kept under it until you're as crazy as two waltzing mice.’

5. The fruit of the dog rose; a hip.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

hop (third-person singular simple present hops, present participle hopping, simple past and past participle hopped)

1. (transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
2. (intransitive) To gather hops.

Anagrams

• OHP, PHO, POH, Pho, pOH, pho, poh

Danish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hopp (“jump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?p/, [h?b?]

Noun

hop n (singular definite hoppet, plural indefinite hop)

1. jump

Inflection

Etymology 2

See hoppe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h?p/, [h?b?]

Verb

hop

1. imperative of hoppe

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??p/
• Hyphenation: hop
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch hoppe, ultimately from Latin upupa (“hoopoe”), which may have been borrowed through Old French huppe.

Noun

hop m (plural hoppen, diminutive hopje n)

1. hoopoe, the species Upupa epops or an individual of this species
2. any bird of the family Upupidae

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch hoppe, from Old Dutch *hoppo, from Proto-Germanic *huppô (“hops”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keup (“tuft, hair of the head”), referring to the plant's appearance. Compare Old Saxon hoppo, Old High German hopfo, Middle English hoppe.

Noun

hop f (uncountable)

1. hop, Humulus lupulus

Derived terms

• drooghoppen
• hoppig

Descendants

• Afrikaans: hop
• ? Japanese: ???

Etymology 3

From hoppen, huppen (“to hop”).

Interjection

hop

1. go, get going

Noun

hop m (plural hoppen, diminutive hopje n)

1. a hop, a short jump

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “hop”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• Oxford English Dictionary, 1884–1928, and First Supplement, 1933.

Finnish

Etymology

Either a clipping of hoppu, or directly from Swedish hopp (“jump”). Consider also the synonym hopoti (“horse”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hop/, [?ho?p]
• Rhymes: -op
• Syllabification: hop

Interjection

hop

1. General spurring interjection.
2. Used to entice a horse into a run.
   • 1913 SKVR VIII 1625. Piikkiö. Häyrinen Kalle 8. 13.

     Hop humma Huttalaan, / parastelle Pappilaa, / Pappilasta Koroissii, / Koroissista Käräjiin,

     Hop horse to Huttala ...

   • 1913 SKVR IX1 352. Renko. Salo Aukusti. HO 24 239. 13.

     Mee ny kuultaan kirkonkellot. / Muut kuulee karjan kellot / Hop tamma / Ei ilman haluta / Jos ei poika likkaa taluta.

     ... Hop mare ...

   • 1915 SKVR XIV 1026. Myrskylä. Salminen, T. 117. 15.

     Hop hoppa kirkkoo! / Aja mummun aitan etee / Saat voitakaakkuu

     Hop horse to church / Run to the front of grandmother's granary ...

Synonyms

• hopoti
• hopoti hoi

Related terms

• hopo
• hoppa
• hopotiti hoi
• hoputtaa

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /?p/

Interjection

hop

1. Voila!, hey presto!

Further reading

• “hop” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch hoofd (“head”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hop/
• Hyphenation: hop

Noun

hop

1. head, (of an organisation), chief, boss

   Synonym: kepala

Further reading

• “hop” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Noun

hop m (genitive singular hop, nominative plural hopanna)

1. Alternative form of hap (“hop; blow”)

Declension

Further reading

• "hop" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Old Norse hópr.

Noun

hop m (definite singular hopen, indefinite plural hoper, definite plural hopene)

1. heap, pile, crowd, multitude, cluster

Derived terms

• stjernehop

References

• “hop” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse hópr. Akin to English heap

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hu?p/

Noun

hop m (definite singular hopen, indefinite plural hopar, definite plural hopane)

1. flock, heap, gathering

Derived terms

References

• “hop” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Southern Ohlone

Noun

hop

1. redwood tree

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse hópr

Pronunciation

Noun

hop c

1. heap, collection; a whole bunch

Related terms

• hopa

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v?lt/, /v??lt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /v?lt/, /v?lt/
• Rhymes: -??lt, -?lt
• Homophone: volt (in some accents)
• The l was originally suppressed in pronunciation.

Etymology 1

From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *vol?ta, a regularization of Latin vol?ta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”). Doublet of volute.

Noun

vault (plural vaults)

1. An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
   • 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard

     the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault

2. Any arched ceiling or roof.
3. (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.

   • 1636, George Sandys, A Paraphrase on Job

     the silent vaults of death

   • 1985, Bible (NJB), Genesis, 1:6:

     God said, ‘Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.’

4. The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
5. Any cellar or underground storeroom.
   • 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Panegyrick on the Dean

     to banish rats that haunt our vault

6. Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.

7. The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.

8. (often figuratively) Any archive of past content.
9. (computing) An encrypted digital archive.
10. (obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
11. (obsolete) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
12. (obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.

Synonyms

• (outhouse or lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
• (gymnastic apparatus): vaulting table

Hyponyms

Translations

Verb

vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)

1. (transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.

Translations

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.

Verb

vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To jump or leap over.

Derived terms

• vaulter
• vaulting

Translations

Noun

vault (plural vaults)

1. An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
2. (gymnastics) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
3. (gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
4. (equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
5. (gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.

Translations

See also

• pole vault
• vaulting horse

Further reading

• vault on Wikipedia.Wikipedia