The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hopping \Hop"ping\, n.
   The act of one who, or that which, hops; a jumping, frisking,
   or dancing.
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   Hopping Dick (Zool.), a thrush of Jamaica (Merula
      leucogenys), resembling the English blackbird in its
      familiar manners, agreeable song, and dark plumage.
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