Hop"ping (?), n. The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping,
frisking, or dancing.
Hopping Dick (Zoˆl.), a thrush of Jamaica (Merula leucogenys),
resembling the English blackbird in its familiar manners, agreeable
song, and dark plumage.
Hop"ping, n. [See 3rd Hop.] A gathering of hops.
Hop"ple (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Hoppled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Hoppling
(?).] [From Hop; cf. Hobble.] 1. To impede by a hopple; to tie the feet
of (a horse or a cow) loosely together; to hamper; to hobble; as, to
hopple an unruly or straying horse.