English Explanatory Dictionary

hopper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who or that which hops.
  2. A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
  3. A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
  4. A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
  5. Various insects
  6. A grasshopper or locust, especially
  7. A grasshopper or locust, especially:
  8. The immature form of a locust.
  9. The larva of a cheese fly.
  10. A leafhopper.
  11. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
  12. An artificial fishing lure.
noun
  1. A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Stronghurst Township, Henderson County, Illinois, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.

Pronunciation

/ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/ /ˈhɔp.ə/ /ˈhɑ.pɚ/ en-au-hopper.ogg

Word forms

hopper hoppers

Etymology

From 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”).

Synonyms

feedbin feeder cheesehopper

Derived words

ash-hopper barhopper bed-hopper bellhopper bell hopper bunny hopper clodhopper club-hopper Etho hopper clock fence hopper flaghopper freighthopper freight hopper froghopper froth-hopper grasshopper groundhopper hedgehopper hip-hopper hopper boy hopper car hopper crystal hopper wagon in the hopper job-hopper landhopper leaf-hopper leaf hopper mudhopper planthopper puddle hopper rockhopper sandhopper space hopper summit-hopper swan hopper table-hopper train hopper trainhopper treehopper

Translations

Finnish: suppilo
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