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TAKE A HOP
I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spring back; spring away from an impact
Example:
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Synonyms:
bounce; bound; rebound; recoil; resile; reverberate; ricochet; spring; take a hop
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "take a hop" is one way to...):
bound; jump; leap; spring (move forward by leaps and bounds)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take a hop"):
kick; kick back; recoil (spring back, as from a forceful thrust)
bound off; skip (bound off one point after another)
carom (rebound after hitting)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
