Emily Dickinson Lexicon

HOP, v.i. [Sax. hoppan; G. hüpfen; D. huppelen; Sw. hoppa; Dan. hopper; W. hobelu, to hop, to hobble. It has the elements of caper.]

1. To leap, or spring on one leg; applied to persons.
2. To leap; to spring forward by leaps; to skip, as birds. Hopping from spray to spray. Dryden.
3. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. [We generally use hobble.]
4. To move by leaps or starts, as the blood in the veins. [Not used.] Spenser.
5. To spring; to leap; to frisk about.
6. To dance. Chaucer.