Hopping
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Hopping may refer to:
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In activities:
- Hopping, the act of jumpingJumpingJumping or leaping is a form of locomotion or movement in which an organism or non-living mechanical system propels itself through the air along a ballistic trajectory...
with one foot. - FreighthoppingFreighthoppingFreighthopping or train hopping is the act of surreptitiously hitching a ride on a railroad freight car. In the United States, this became a common means of transportation following the American Civil War as the railroads began pushing westward, especially among migrant workers who became known as...
, the act of surreptitiously riding on a railroad freight car. - Island hoppingIsland hoppingIsland hopping is a term that refers to the means of crossing an ocean by a series of shorter journeys between islands, as opposed to a single journey directly across the ocean to the destination.- Forms :...
, 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 mouseHopping mouseA hopping mouse is any of about ten different Australian native mice in the genus Notomys. They are rodents, not marsupials, and their ancestors are thought to have arrived from Asia about 5 million years ago....
, a genus of Australian Mice - Various species of hopping mice, including:
- Darling Downs Hopping MouseDarling Downs Hopping MouseThe Darling Downs hopping mouse is an extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is known from a single skull found at Darling Downs, Queensland, Australia. Introduced predators such as foxes and domestic cats may have forced this species into extinction....
- Dusky Hopping MouseDusky Hopping MouseThe Dusky Hopping Mouse is an Australian native rodent specialised for the deep desert. Like all hopping mice it has strong front teeth, a long tail, dark eyes, big ears, well-developed haunches and very long, narrow hind feet. It weighs between . The Dusky Hopping Mouse has four pads on its soles...
- Fawn Hopping MouseFawn Hopping MouseThe Fawn Hopping Mouse is a rodent native to the central Australian desert. Like all hopping mice it has strong front teeth, a long tail, dark eyes, big ears, well-developed haunches and very long, narrow hind feet. It weighs between...
- Long-tailed Hopping MouseLong-tailed Hopping MouseThe long-tailed hopping mouse is an extinct species of rodent in the family Muridae. It was found only in Australia. It is known from a handful of specimens, the last of which was collected in 1901 or possibly 1902...
- Northern Hopping MouseNorthern Hopping MouseThe Northern Hopping Mouse, Souris Sauteuse, or Ratones Saltadores De Australia is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in coastal northern Australia, from Arnhem Land to the Cobourg Peninsula....
- Mitchell's Hopping MouseMitchell's Hopping MouseMitchell's Hopping Mouse, Notomys mitchellii, is the largest extant member of the genus Notomys, weighing between . N. mitchellii is a bipedal rodent with large back legs, similar to a jerboa or kangaroo rat. The species occurs throughout much of semi-arid Southern Australia, and appears to be...
- Short-tailed Hopping MouseShort-tailed Hopping MouseThe Short-tailed Hopping Mouse is an extinct species of mouse from open stony plains with desert grasses, low shrubs and sand ridges in the area around Charlotte Waters, near Alice Springs in Central Australia. It weighed 80 grams. The last record is from June 1896. Only two complete specimens...
- Spinifex Hopping MouseSpinifex Hopping MouseThe Spinifex Hopping Mouse , also known as the Tarkawara or Tarrkawarra, occurs throughout the central and western Australian arid zones, occupying both spinifex-covered sand flats and stabilised sand dunes, and loamy mulga and melaleuca flats.The population fluctuates greatly: in normal years it...
- Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
In people:
- Blair Hopping (born 1980), New Zealand sportsman.
- Enos D. HoppingEnos D. HoppingEnos D. Hopping was a Brigadier General of Volunteers in the United States Army during the Mexican-American War. A personal and political friend of Secretary of War William L. Marcy, Hopping was appointed a Brigadier General of Volunteers by President James K. Polk on March 3, 1847...
(1805-1847), United States Army general of the Mexican-American War.
In other uses:
- Hopping, the use of hopsHopsHops are the female flower clusters , of a hop species, Humulus lupulus. They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart a bitter, tangy flavor, though hops are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine...
in brewing beer. - Hopping, also known as Yogic flying.
- Hopping MappyHopping MappyHopping Mappy is an arcade game that was released by Namco in 1986. It runs on Namco System 86 hardware and, as the name suggests, it is the sequel to Mappy, released 3 years earlier...
, an arcade game. - USS Hopping (DE-155)USS Hopping (DE-155)USS Hopping , a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Commander Hallsted L. Hopping, killed in a raid on Roi Island on 1 February 1942, the first aircraft squadron commander to lose his life in World War II....
, an American warship. - Devil HoppingDevil HoppingDevil Hopping is the fourth studio album from British indie band Inspiral Carpets, released in 1994 via Mute Records. The single version of "I Want You" features vocals by Mark E...
, an album by British band Inspiral Carpets. - Frequency-hopping spread spectrumFrequency-hopping spread spectrumFrequency-hopping spread spectrum is a method of transmitting radio signals by rapidly switching a carrier among many frequency channels, using a pseudorandom sequence known to both transmitter and receiver...
, a method of transmitting radio signals by rapidly switching a carrier among many frequency channels. - Hopping HillHopping HillHopping Hill is an area in Milford, Derbyshire, England. It consists mainly of 19th century terraced housing, built by the Strutt family to house workers from the local cotton mills. The church of Holy Trinity and the War Memorial are at the junction of Hopping Hill and the A6 road....
, an area in Milford, Derbyshire, England. - The HoppingsThe HoppingsThe Hoppings is held on the Town Moor in Newcastle upon Tyne during the last week in June.It is recognised to be Europe's largest travelling fun fair....
, a travelling fun fair held on the Town Moor, Newcastle Upon Tyne.