hop up

To make a small jump onto a higher surface.

• The rabbit hopped up the steps.
• A cat hopped up onto the wall.
• Can you hop up onto that low bench?

How to use it: hop up onto something (The kitten hopped up onto the sofa.)

Similar words: jump up

Common phrases: hop up onto something, hop up the steps

To climb quickly into a vehicle that is high off the ground.

• Hop up into the truck.
• She hopped up into the cab beside the driver.
• Can you hop up into the tractor without help?

How to use it: hop up into something (He hopped up into the tractor.)

Similar words: climb in, get in

Opposites: get out

Common phrases: hop up into something, hop up inside

To get to your feet quickly.

• He hopped up to help.
• I hopped up when the doorbell rang.
• Why did you hop up from your seat?

How to use it: hop up from something (She hopped up from her chair to answer the door.)

Similar words: jump up, spring up

Opposites: sit down

Common phrases: hop up quickly, hop up from something

To change a machine, especially an engine, so it works faster or more powerfully.

• He hopped up his car.
• They hop up engines for racing.
• Can this old motor be hopped up?

How to use it: hop up something / hop something up (The mechanic hopped up the engine.)

Similar words: soup up, upgrade, boost

Common phrases: hop up an engine, hop up a car, hop something up

To make people very excited or full of energy.

• The music hopped us up.
• Too much sugar had hopped the children up.
• The singer knows how to hop up a crowd.

How to use it: hop someone up (The loud music hopped the crowd up.)

Similar words: excite, get worked up, hype up

Common phrases: hop someone up, hop up the crowd