hopper — English Dictionary

Noun

1. One who or that which hops.

2. A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.

   Synonyms

   feedbin

   Examples

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   ...forming the bottom of the hopper, in combination with the recriprocating longitudinal movement of the same, for the purpose of regulating the feed from the hopper, substantially as herein set forth.

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

   feederfeedbin

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   Having thus fully described my improved winnowing machine, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is in the forming of a series of shoulders one above another on the inclined board, forming the bottom of the hopper,...

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.

   Examples

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

   “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.

   Examples

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

7. A toilet.

   Usage

   • Slang

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   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. An escapement lever in a piano.

9. The game of hopscotch.

   Usage

   • Obsolete

10. A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.

11. A hopper car.

12. A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.

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    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.

Noun

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

   Examples

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

Noun

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

   Broader terms

   receptacle

2. someone who hops

   Broader terms

   jumper

   Examples

   at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children

3. a machine used for picking hops

   Synonyms

   hop-picker

   Broader terms

   machine

4. terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

   Synonyms

   grasshopper

   Broader terms

   orthopterous insectorthopteronorthopteran

5. (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground

   Synonyms

   grounderground ballgroundball

   Broader terms

   hithittingstriking