TAKE A HOP

IPA (US):

 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

Meaning:

Spring back; spring away from an impact

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

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

Context example:

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 (rebound after hitting)

Sentence frames:

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