Hopping

Hopping may refer to:

In activities:

  • Hopping, the act of jumping with one foot.
  • Freighthopping, the act of surreptitiously riding on a railroad freight car.
  • Island hopping, 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 mouse, a genus of Australian Mice
  • Various species of hopping mice, including:
    • Darling Downs Hopping Mouse
    • Dusky Hopping Mouse
    • Fawn Hopping Mouse
    • Long-tailed Hopping Mouse
    • Northern Hopping Mouse
    • Mitchell's Hopping Mouse
    • Short-tailed Hopping Mouse
    • Spinifex Hopping Mouse

In people:

  • Blair Hopping (born 1980), New Zealand sportsman.
  • Enos D. Hopping (1805-1847), United States Army general of the Mexican-American War.

In other uses:

  • Hopping, the use of hops in brewing beer.
  • Hopping, also known as Yogic flying.
  • Hopping Mappy, an arcade game.
  • USS Hopping (DE-155), an American warship.
  • Devil Hopping, an album by British band Inspiral Carpets.
  • Frequency-hopping spread spectrum, a method of transmitting radio signals by rapidly switching a carrier among many frequency channels.
  • Hopping Hill, an area in Milford, Derbyshire, England.
  • The Hoppings, a travelling fun fair held on the Town Moor, Newcastle upon Tyne.