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Meanings of hops in English
Female flowers of Humulus lupulus.
Related terms
Portuguese
lúpulo Twining perennials (Humulus lupulus) having cordate leaves and flowers arranged in conelike spikes.
The dried flowers of the plant with the same name; used in brewing to add the characteristic bitter taste to beer.
Usage of hops in English
1
They are worse than the fly in hops, or smut in barley.
2
The tipping point had been reached, and there were not enough hops.
3
Of the four main ingredients in beer, hops are the most talked-about.
4
So there was no reason on earth why hops shouldn't flourish here.
5
A few more hops brought it opposite to my post of observation.
6
The measles is done broke out on you beautiful-asthick as hops.
7
As it is she hops politely while she walks upon her head.
8
I've only got to pack a grip and tip the bell hops.
9
Mostly short hops; nothing to throw any ship's computers for a loop.
10
But it won't be cleared up by breathing hops in my face.
11
And when he had made a few hops he was very tired.
12
So what I'm gonna do right now is add our whirlpool hops.
13
Participants also performed single-leg hops, timed hops, triple hops, and crossover hops.
14
Like insidious bacteria, corruption breeds violence and hops from host to host.
15
It's a really flashy trick, where the yo-yo hops off the string.
16
The rest was in rye, barley, early wheat, oats, corn, or hops.
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Ireland
Common
United States of America
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United Kingdom
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