hopping adjective 2noun 4forms 3phrases 1 adjective2 •That uses hopping for locomotion. •(US, slang) Of a location, crowded with people. noun4 •The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing. •A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom. •The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent •(UK) hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.Hopping Down in Kent, Alan Bignell (1977). formshoppings · more hopping · most hopping Phrases with hopping hopping madExtremely angry; furious to the point of outburst.