grasshopper
Of a crop, to be ruined or destroyed by grasshoppersOf a crop, to be ruined or destroyed by grasshoppers.
Recorded UK: Chris Melville, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons · Recorded US: Dvortygirl, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
» That's not a cricket. It's a grasshopper.
Das ist keine Grille, sondern ein Grashüpfer! — Yorwba
Это не сверчок. Это кузнечик. — Balamax
Це не цвіркун. Це коник. — Balamax
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3 senses(transitive)Of a crop, to be ruined or destroyed by grasshoppers.
(transitive)To move a riverboat over an obstruction, such as a sandbar.
(rare, transitive)Of an animal, to hunt and eat grasshoppers.
Examples
37 sentencesThat's not a cricket. It's a grasshopper.
Це не цвіркун. Це коник. — Balamax
ruЭто не сверчок. Это кузнечик. — Balamax
deDas ist keine Grille, sondern ein Grashüpfer! — Yorwba
That's the biggest grasshopper I've ever seen.
The grasshoppers are chirping.
Цвіркуни сюрчать. — deniko
deDie Grillen zirpen. — Manfredo
The mouse ate the grasshopper.
Миша з'їла коника. — deniko
deDie Maus verspeiste den Grashüpfer. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
John's food was grasshoppers and wild honey.
Origin
From Middle English grashoppere, alteration of earlier grashoppe, from Old English græshopFrom Middle English grashoppere, alteration of earlier grashoppe, from Old English græshoppa (“grasshopper”). Equivalent to grass + hopper. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäärshupper, Dutch grashupper, grashipper, German Low German Grashüpper, Gresshüpper, German Grashüpfer, Danish græshoppe, Swedish gräshoppa, Norwegian gresshoppe.
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Forms
grasshoppers, grasshoppering, grasshoppered, grasshoppered| Base form | grasshopper · to grasshopper |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | grasshoppers |
| Present participle | grasshoppering |
| Past simple | grasshoppered |
| Past participle | grasshoppered |
regular · Lesson
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.