Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Hop \Hop\, n.
   1. A leap on one leg, as of a boy; a leap, as of a toad; a
      jump; a spring.

   2. A dance; esp., an informal dance of ball. [Colloq.]

   {Hop}, {skip} (or {step}), {and jump}, a game or athletic
      sport in which the participants cover as much ground as
      possible by a hop, stride, and jump in succession.