Hop

This article is about the words "hop" and "hops". For initialisms, see HOP (disambiguation).

Hop or hops may refer to:

• Hop, a kind of small jump, usually using only one leg
• Humulus, a genus of climbing flowering plants
  • Humulus lupulus, a species of plants which is grown commercially in many countries to produce hops
  • Hops, the female flower clusters of one species of hop (Humulus lupulus and varieties), used primarily as a flavouring and stability agent in beer
• Hop, a type of dance, including:
  • Lindy Hop, a swing dance of the 1920s and 1930s
  • Sock Hop, an informal dance
• Hóp, a Viking name for what was possibly a part of the North American coast: see Vinland
• Hóp, an Icelandic lake
• Hop River, a river in Connecticut, USA
• Hop, informal term for opium, a narcotic drug
• Hop (software), a web broker and programming language
• Hop (networking), next gateway along a path to a destination host
• Hop (protein), the Hsp70-Hsp90 organizing protein
• Hop (telecommunications), a telecommunications term in several different contexts
• Hop (film), a 2011 film

See also

• Hopper (disambiguation)
• Hopping (disambiguation)
• Hip hop