hopper

See also: Hopper

English

Etymology

hop + -er

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhɔp.ə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑ.pɚ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒpə(r)

Noun

hopper (plural hoppers)

a hopper (funnel-shaped bin)
a hopper window
  1. A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
  2. A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
  3. One who hops.
  4. Various insects
    1. A grasshopper or locust, especially:
      1. The immature form of a locust.
    2. The larva of a cheese fly.
    3. A leafhopper.
  5. An artificial fishing lure.
    To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
  6. (slang) A toilet.
    • 2010, Robert Hudson, Stories of an Unusual Life (page 250)
      The fresh-water container for the house was above the ceiling directly over the toilet. One day, I was comfortably seated on the hopper minding my own business, when a large portion of the ceiling came crashing down []
  7. An escapement lever in a piano
  8. A Sri Lankan food made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
  9. (obsolete) The game of hopscotch.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
  10. A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
  11. A hopper car.
  12. (chess) A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

hopper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia


Danish

Noun

hopper c

  1. plural indefinite of hoppe

Verb

hopper

  1. present of hoppe

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hopper m or f

  1. indefinite plural of hoppe

Verb

hopper

  1. present of hoppe

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hopper f

  1. indefinite plural of hoppe
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