Hopping

·noun A gathering of hops.

II. Hopping ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Hop.

III. Hopping ·noun The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking, or dancing.

Swan-hopping
·noun A corruption of Swan-upping. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
hopping giles
A jeering appellation given to any person who limps, or is lame; St. Giles was the patron of cripple...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
hopping-fish
or Climbing-fish n. a fish of the north of New South Wales and of Queensland,P eriophthalmus austr...

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
hopping-derry
a diminutive lame person. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose