hopper

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔp.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑ.pɚ/

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• Rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ)

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”).

hopper (plural hoppers)

1. One who or that which hops.
2. A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.

   Synonym: feedbin

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.

   Synonyms: feeder, feedbin

5. 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.
   • 1901, J. H. Stansell, “Locust Destruction”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record‎^[1], volume 4, page 21:

     I went over and found the mealies and ground covered with large hoppers, about two weeks old.

   • 1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, page 27:

     “And the next year the hoppers came. The sky was so dark with them we had to light the lamps at midday.”

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.
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.
    • 2010 August 21, G. P. Jelliss, “Simple Chess Variants”, in Mayhematics‎^[2], page 11:

      The Leo, Pao (or Cannon, a piece from Chinese chess) and Vao (Z.Mach FCR 1940) are hybrid hoppers that move like a queen, rook or bishop and capture along these lines like a lion.

13. A person or machine that picks hops.

hopper on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Sinhalese ආප්ප (āppa), from Tamil ஆப்பம் (āppam). Doublet of appam.

hopper (plural hoppers)

1. A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
   • 2010, Channa Dassanayaka, Sri Lankan Flavours, page 20:

     Hoppers come in different varieties and can be sweet or savoury, while an egg hopper has an egg in the middle added during cooking.

• S. Emmerson, A Glossary of Fairy Chess Definitions

hopper c

1. indefinite plural of hoppe

hopper

1. present of hoppe

hopper m or f

1. indefinite plural of hoppe

hopper

1. present of hoppe

hopper f

1. indefinite plural of hoppe