hopper

Meaning

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 bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
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.
6. An artificial fishing lure.
7. A toilet.
8. An escapement lever in a piano.
9. The game of hopscotch.
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.
13. A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
14. A surname.
15. An unincorporated community in Stronghurst Township, Henderson County, Illinois, United States.
16. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.

Etymology / origin

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”).

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