Hopping

Hopping may refer to:

In activities:

• Hopping, the act of jumping with one foot.
• Freighthopping, the act of surreptitiously riding on a railroad freight car.
• Island hopping, a series of journeys between islands.
• Movie hopping, purchasing a ticket for one film and illicitly attending another.
• The act of jumping on someone's back and fighting them

In animals:

• Hopping mouse, a genus of Australian Mice
• Various species of hopping mice, including:
  • Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
  • Dusky Hopping Mouse
  • Fawn Hopping Mouse
  • Long-tailed Hopping Mouse
  • Northern Hopping Mouse
  • Mitchell's Hopping Mouse
  • Short-tailed Hopping Mouse
  • Spinifex Hopping Mouse

In people:

• Blair Hopping (born 1980), New Zealand sportsman.
• Enos D. Hopping (1805-1847), United States Army general of the Mexican-American War.

In other uses:

• Hopping, the use of hops in brewing beer.
• Hopping, also known as Yogic flying.
• Hopping Mappy, an arcade game.
• USS Hopping (DE-155), an American warship.
• Devil Hopping, an album by British band Inspiral Carpets.
• Frequency-hopping spread spectrum, a method of transmitting radio signals by rapidly switching a carrier among many frequency channels.
• Hopping Hill, an area in Milford, Derbyshire, England.
• The Hoppings, a travelling fun fair held on the Town Moor, Newcastle Upon Tyne.

See also

• Hop (disambiguation)