hops

/ hɒps /

plural noun

1. the dried ripe flowers, esp the female flowers, of the hop plant, used to give a bitter taste to beer

Example Sentences

When a 1 ½-pound dog hops on your lap, there is only one possible response — joy.

From Los Angeles Times

And if one super PAC has hit its quota for a certain channel, another one hops in.

From Slate

Even while he deprioritizes Meta’s internal election safety efforts, stops funding broader election security initiatives under pressure from the GOP, and hops on personal phone calls with Trump, he isn’t actually reassuring those Republicans, who keep sending him stern letters and accusing him of rigging the system against Trump.

From Slate

The dictionary also includes a definition for the International Bitterness Unit, which is “used to assess the concentration of a bitter compound found in hops in order to provide information about how bitter a beer is.”

From Salon

Donte hops back onto the decks and plays upbeat house music.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• brew
• malt
• suds