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Hopping vs Gopping - What's the difference?

hopping | gopping |

As a noun hopping

is (british) hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of kent or hopping can be the act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.

As a verb hopping

is .

As an adjective gopping is

(slang) ugly; disgusting.

hopping

English

Etymology 1

Alternative spelling () of

Noun

(en noun)
  • (British) hop picking, the practice of picking hops; for Londoners a holiday period working in the hop gardens of Kent.
  • * Hopping Down in Kent , Alan Bignell (1977).
  • * 1915 , ":
  • *:He took his whole family to a hop-field in Kent, not far from Mrs. Athelny's home, and they spent three weeks hopping .
  • The addition of hops during the production of beer as a flavouring agent

    • Etymology 2

    to hop

    Verb

    (head)

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.
  • (countable, physics) A shift from one energy-state to another by an electron in an atom.

    • gopping

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (slang) Ugly; disgusting.
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  • * 2010 , Matt Croucher, Bullet Proof (page 147)
    • They were gopping : the biggest bruises I have ever seen on his thighs and legs. I had completely messed him up.
  • * 2010 , Karen Swan, Players
    • 'You look gopping ,' Cress said, glancing over at Tor - who was pale and black- eyed from last night's bottle of wine - as she rifled through her confection of rainbow-coloured chiffons and slinky slipper satins.