hopper
One who or that which hopsOne who or that which hops.
» The children were bouncing around the house on space hoppers.
Die Kinder hüpften auf Hüpfbällen durchs Haus.
Meaning
14 sensesOne who or that which hops.
someone who hops
A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
Trichter
A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
Any of various insects known for hopping, especially a grasshopper or locust, the immature form of a locust, or the larva of various flies and beetles.
An artificial fishing lure.
To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
(slang)A toilet.
An escapement lever in a piano.
A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
A hopper car.
A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
A person or machine that picks hops.
a machine used for picking hops
Examples
2 sentencesThe children were bouncing around the house on space hoppers.
deDie Kinder hüpften auf Hüpfbällen durchs Haus. — Waldelfe
First, they load crushed dry ice into a hopper suspended under a big helium balloon.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 1
Origin
From Middle English hoppere, alteration of *hoppe (found in grashoppe (“grasshopper”)), frFrom Middle English hoppere, alteration of *hoppe (found in grashoppe (“grasshopper”)), from Old English *hoppa (“one who hops, hopper”), equivalent to hop + -er. Cognate with Dutch hopper (“hopper”), Swedish hoppare (“hopper, jumper”), Icelandic hoppari (“hopper”).
From Sinhalese ආප්ප (āppa), from Tamil ஆப்பம் (āppam). Doublet of appam.
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Forms
plural: hoppersSynonyms
7 synonyms- terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping:grasshopper
- a machine used for picking hops:hop-picker
- (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground:grounderground ballgroundball