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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhɔp.ə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑ.pɚ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒpə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
[edit]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”).
Noun
[edit]hopper (plural hoppers)
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- One who or that which hops.
- A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
- Synonym: feedbin
- 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.
- Various insects
- A grasshopper or locust, especially:
- The larva of a cheese fly.
- A leafhopper.
- Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
- An artificial fishing lure.
- To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
- (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 […]
- (music) An escapement lever in a piano.
- (obsolete) The game of hopscotch.
- A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
- A hopper car.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
- A person or machine that picks hops.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]that which hops or makes hop
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a temporary storage bin
grasshopper — see grasshopper
Further reading
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Noun
[edit]hopper (plural hoppers)
- 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.
Danish
[edit]Noun
[edit]hopper c
Verb
[edit]hopper
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]hopper m or f
Verb
[edit]hopper
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]hopper f
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