A hop is a type of

jump Jumping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living (e.g., robotic) mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory. Jump or Jumping also may refer to: Places * Jump, Kentucky or Jump S ...

. Hop or hops may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''Hop'' (film), a 2011 film *

Hop! Channel Hop! Channel (Hebrew: , ''Arutz Hop!'') is an Israeli children's television channel intended entirely for preschool children. The channel caters for children between the ages of zero and seven years old, presenting programs specifically tailored f ...

, an Israeli TV channel * ''

House of Payne ''House of Payne'' is an American sitcom television series created and produced by Tyler Perry that premiered in syndication on June 21, 2006. The series revolves around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta led by patriarc ...

'', or ''HOP'', an American sitcom *

Lindy Hop The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the Black communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then. It was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Lindy is a fusion of many danc ...

, a swing dance of the 1920s and 1930s *

Sock hop A sock hop or sox hop, often also called a record hop or just a hop, was an informal sponsored dance event for teenagers in mid-20th-century North America, featuring popular music. History Sock hops were held as early as 1944 by the American Ju ...

, an informal gathering which includes dancing *

Hop Harrigan Hop Harrigan (also known as The Guardian Angel and Black Lamp) is a fictional character published by All-American Publications. He appeared in American comic books, radio serials and film serials. He was created by Jon Blummer, and was a popular he ...

, a character in American comic books, radio serials and film serials from 1939 into the 1940s * Hop, a character from ''

Pokémon Sword and Shield and are 2019 role-playing video games developed by Game Freak and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo Switch console. They are the first installments in the eighth generation of the ''Pokémon'' video game series ...

People

Hop Bartlett James Homer Bartley Sr. (February 28, 1900 – May 2, 1972), born "Homer Robert Bartley" and known as Homer "Hop" Bartlett, was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. A native of Boone County, Missouri, he played with the Indianapolis ...

, American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues in 1924 and 1925 * Hop Wilson (1921–1975), American Texas blues steel guitar player

Places

Hop River The Hop River is a river that runs through Tolland County, Connecticut. The Hop River's marshy source is just southeast of Bolton Notch, Connecticut. It flows for about to its confluence with the Willimantic River.U.S. Geological Survey. Nation ...

, Connecticut, United States *

Hop Creek Hop Creek is a stream in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Hop Creek received its name from the abundant hops on its course. See also *List of rivers of South Dakota This is a list of rivers in the state of South Dakota in the United States. By ...

, South Dakota, United States *

Hóp (Iceland) The lake Hóp () is situated in the north of Iceland near Blönduós at the Húnafjörður. In reality, the lake is more of a lagoon than a lake. Its surface area depends on the tides and oscillates between 29 and 44 km2. Its greatest depth ...

, a lake * Hóp, a Viking settlement in

Vinland Vinland, Vineland, or Winland ( non, Vínland ᚠᛁᚾᛚᛅᚾᛏ) was an area of coastal North America explored by Vikings. Leif Erikson landed there around 1000 AD, nearly five centuries before the voyages of Christopher Columbus and John ...

Plants

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Humulus lupulus ''Humulus lupulus'', the common hop or hops, is a species of flowering plant in the hemp family Cannabinaceae, native to Europe, western Asia and North America. It is a perennial, herbaceous climbing plant which sends up new shoots in early spr ...

'', the hop plant **

Hops Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant ''Humulus lupulus'', a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants. They are used primarily as a bittering, flavouring, and stability agent in beer, to whi ...

, its flower, used to prepare beer and other food

Science and medicine

* HOP (gene), encoding the homeodomain-only protein *

Hop (protein) Hop, occasionally written HOP, is an abbreviation for Hsp70-Hsp90 Organizing Protein. It functions as a co-chaperone which reversibly links together the protein chaperones Hsp70 and Hsp90. Hop belongs to the large group of co-chaperones, which r ...

, the Hsp70-Hsp90 organizing protein * Hubble Origins Probe, or HOP, a proposed orbital telescope

Technology

Hop (networking) In wired computer networking, including the Internet, a hop occurs when a packet is passed from one network segment to the next. Data packets pass through routers as they travel between source and destination. The hop count refers to the numbe ...

, a portion of a route *

Hop (software) Hop is a Lisp-like programming language by Manuel Serrano for web 2.0 and also the name of the web broker (server and proxy) that implements this language. It is written in Bigloo Scheme. It is a project funded by INRIA The National Instit ...

, a web broker and programming language *

Hop (telecommunications) In telecommunication, a hop is a portion of a signal's journey from source to receiver. Examples include: #The excursion of a radio wave from the Earth to the ionosphere and back to the Earth. The number of hops indicates the number of reflecti ...

* Hindsight optimization, or Hop, an artificial intelligence technique * High Octet Preset, or HOP, a C1 control character * Spike (application), an email app formerly known as ''Hop''

Transport

Air France Hop Air France Hop, formerly branded HOP!, is a French regional airline operating flights on behalf of its parent company Air France. The airline was founded on 21 December 2012http://www.verif.com/societe/HOP!-790151716/ after the merger of Airlin ...

, a French airline *

HOP card The AT HOP card is an electronic fare payment card that was released in two versions on Auckland public transport services, beginning in May 2011. The smart card roll out was the first phase in the introduction of an integrated ticketing and ...

, a smart card used on public transit in Auckland, New Zealand *

Heritage Operations Processing System Heritage Operations Processing System, Heritage Ops, or HOPS, is a web-based tool for the day-to-day running and management of preserved and heritage railways. The system was developed, from a concept drawn up by Danny Scroggins and Luke Carte ...

, a tool for management of historic railways *

Hope (Derbyshire) railway station Hope railway station serves the villages of Hope and Brough in the Derbyshire Peak District of England, west of . The station lies between the two villages, around 1 km east of Hope, and also serves Bradwell and Castleton; the latt ...

, in England *

Hope (Flintshire) railway station , symbol_location = gb , symbol = rail , image = Platform 1, Hope railway station (geograph 4032659).jpg , borough = Hope, Flintshire, Flintshire , country = Wales , coordinates ...

, in Wales * "The Hop", the brand for

public transport in Sydney Transport in Sydney is provided by an extensive network of public transport operating modes including metro, train, bus, ferry and light rail, as well as an expansive network of roadways, cycleways and airports. According to the 2006 censu ...

and New South Wales * "

The Hop (streetcar) The Hop, also known as the Milwaukee Streetcar, is a modern streetcar system in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The initial line connects the Milwaukee Intermodal Station and Downtown to the Lower East Side and Historic Third Ward neighborhoods. A Lakef ...

", streetcar system in Milwaukee

Other uses

Hop (unit) The ''ge'' is a traditional Chinese unit of volume equal to '' sheng''. Its Korean equivalent is the ''hob'' or ''hop'' and its Japanese equivalent is the ''gō''. China The ''ge'' is a traditional Chinese unit of volume equal to 10''shao' ...

, a small Korean unit of volume *

Croatian Liberation Movement The Croatian Liberation Movement ( hr, Hrvatski oslobodilački pokret, HOP) is a minor far-right political party founded in 1956 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by Ante Pavelić, poglavnik of the Independent State of Croatia and its ruling party Ustas ...

(Croatian: ') *

Heritage of Pride Heritage of Pride (HOP), doing business as NYC Pride, is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that plans and produces the official New York City LGBTQIA+ Pride Week events each June. HOP began working on the events in 1984, taking on the work previ ...

, or HOP, the organizer of the annual gay pride march in New York City * '' Higher-Order Perl'', or ''HOP'', a Perl programming book *

Hillsboro Hops The Hillsboro Hops are a Minor League Baseball team in the Pacific Northwest, northwest United States, located in Hillsboro, Oregon, a city in the Portland metropolitan area. The Hops are members of the Northwest League as an affiliate of the Ariz ...

, a minor league baseball team in the USA * Slang for

Opium Opium (or poppy tears, scientific name: ''Lachryma papaveris'') is dried latex obtained from the seed capsules of the opium poppy ''Papaver somniferum''. Approximately 12 percent of opium is made up of the analgesic alkaloid morphine, which i ...

heroin Heroin, also known as diacetylmorphine and diamorphine among other names, is a potent opioid mainly used as a recreational drug for its euphoric effects. Medical grade diamorphine is used as a pure hydrochloride salt. Various white and brow ...

, or other

narcotic The term narcotic (, from ancient Greek ναρκῶ ''narkō'', "to make numb") originally referred medically to any psychoactive compound with numbing or paralyzing properties. In the United States, it has since become associated with opiates ...

psychoactive A psychoactive drug, psychopharmaceutical, psychoactive agent or psychotropic drug is a chemical substance, that changes functions of the nervous system, and results in alterations in perception, mood, consciousness, cognition or behavior. Th ...

drugs