Twining perennials having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes; SYN. hops.
The vine from which hops is obtained having 3- to 5-lobed leaves and inconspicuous flowers of which the pistillate ones are in glandular cone-shaped catkins

ETYM Old Eng. hoppe; akin to Dutch hop, hoppe, Old High Germ. hopfo, German hopfen; cf. Late Lat. hupa, W. hopez, Armor. houpez, and Icel. humall, SW. and Dan. humle.
1. An informal dance where popular music is played; SYN. record hop.
2. The act of hopping (jumping upward or forward, especially on one foot).

1. To jump lightly; SYN. skip, hop-skip.
2. To make a jump forward or upward.
3. To move quickly from one place to another.
4. To jump across.
5. To make a quick trip esp. by air.
6. (Informal) To travel by means of an aircraft, bus, etc..

In data communications, one segment of the path between routers on a geographically dispersed network. A hop is comparable to one “leg” of a journey that includes intervening stops between the starting point and the destination. The distance between each of those stops (routers) would be a communications hop.