hopper

1 funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below

2 someone who hops; "at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children"

3 a machine used for picking hops [syn: hop-picker]

4 terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping [syn: grasshopper]

5 (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground [syn: grounder, ground ball, groundball]

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes with: -ɒpə(r)

Noun

1. a temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
2. one who hops
3. In the context of "localism|or|slang": a toilet's water tank/toilet seat
   • She got off the hopper just as the phone rang.
4. an artificial fishing lure
   • To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.

Derived terms

• leaf-hopper
• hip-hopper
• rockhopper
• space hopper
• table-hopper

See also

Hopper may refer to:

Mechanical parts

• A general term for a chute with additional width and depth to provide a volume for temporary storage of material(s). The bottom of the hopper chute typically has a mechanism to control the flow of materials, thus allowing them to be metered out at the desired rate.
• Part of a combine harvester
• Part of a paintball gun

Transportation

• Hopper (spacecraft), a proposed spacecraft
• Hopper balloon, a kind of ultralight hot air balloon
• Hopper barge, a kind of barge
• Hopper car, a type of railway freight car
• USS Hopper, a U.S. Navy destroyer

Insects

• Leafhopper, a member of the family Cicadellidae
• Treehopper, a member of the family Membracidae
• The immature form of a locust

People with the surname Hopper

• Andy Hopper (1953—), British computer scientist
• Dennis Hopper (1936—), American actor
• DeWolf Hopper (1858–1935), American actor, singer, comedian and producer
• Edward Hopper (1882–1967), American painter and printmaker
• Grace Hopper (1906–1992), American computer scientist and naval officer
• Heather Hopper (1976—), American actress
• Hedda Hopper (1885–1966), American actress and gossip columnist
• Hugh Hopper (1945—) English guitarist and composer
• Isaac Hopper (1771–1852), American abolitionist and underground railroad pioneer
• Josephine Hopper (1883–1968), American artist and wife of Edward Hopper
• Kev Hopper (1961—), Musician
• Paul Hopper, American linguist of British birth
• Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (1886–1985), American artist best known for Hawaiian themes
• Thomas Hopper (1776–1856), English architect
• Wilbert Hopper (1933–2006), Canadian business executive
• William Hopper (1915–1970), American actor

Other meanings

• Profession of one who harvests hops and lives in a Hopper hut.
• Hopper (food)
• A fairy chess piece
• The Hoppers, a Southern Gospel group

See also

• Hop

broad jumper, bucking bronco, buckjumper, cicada, cicala, cricket, dog-day cicada, flea, frog, gazelle, goat, grasshopper, high jumper, hoppergrass, hurdle racer, hurdler, jackrabbit, jumper, jumping bean, jumping jack, kangaroo, leaper, locust, pole vaulter, salmon, stag, sunfisher, timber topper, vaulter