hopper

See also: Hopper

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English hoppere, alteration of *hoppe (found in gras-hoppe (“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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔp.ə/
• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑ.pɚ/

• Audio (AU):

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• Rhymes: -ɒpə(r)

Noun

hopper (plural hoppers)

a hopper (funnel-shaped bin)

a hopper window

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 device that feeds material into a machine.
5. 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.
   4. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
6. An artificial fishing lure.

   To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.

7. (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 […]

8. (music) An escapement lever in a piano.
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.
13. A person or machine that picks hops.

Derived terms

Terms derived from hopper

• leaf-hopper
• hip-hopper
• hopper car

• hopper wagon
• in the hopper
• rockhopper

• space hopper
• table-hopper

Translations

a temporary storage bin

• Galician: moega (gl) f
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• Spanish: tolva (es) f

Further reading

hopper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

From Sinhalese ආප්ප (āppa).

1. A Sri Lankan food made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.

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Danish

Noun

hopper c

1. (deprecated template usage) indefinite plural of hoppe

Verb

hopper

1. (deprecated template usage) present of hoppe

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Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

hopper m or f

1. indefinite plural of hoppe

Verb

hopper

1. (deprecated template usage) present of hoppe

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

hopper f

1. indefinite plural of hoppe