grasshopper
Syllables: grass·hop·per/ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə(ɹ)//ˈɡɹæsˌhɑpəɹ/
grasshopper noun: a mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
Noun
grasshopper (plural grasshoppers)
- A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
- Even in my happiest moments, while the grass was crowded with flowers beneath me—the sweet monotony of the running water in mine ear, only broken by the cheerful chant of the grasshopper—the boughs of the chestnut, filled with sunshine, dazzling my eyes, till the golden air seemed thronged with...1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume I, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 168
- But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.1901, Sylvester D. Judd, The Relation of Sparrows to Agriculture, page 91
- Synonyms:
- grasshop
- In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.
- In a looser sense, also includes the katydids (also known as longhorned grasshoppers or bush crickets), which are members of the family Tettigoniidae, of the suborder Ensifera.
- A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao.
- Does he order Scotch-on-the-rocks in a low, mean voice? No? A Bud? No? A grasshopper, heavy on the creme de menthe? Right!1979 April 21, Greg Jackson, “He Looks Like Tarzan But He Talks Like Jane”, in Gay Community News, page 17
- A young student in the initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent.
- Although we don't know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the...2009, B.P. Terpstra, Quadrant, November 2009, No. 461 (Volume LIII, Number 11), Quadrant Magazine Limited, page 2
- A frequent user of marijuana.
- In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.
- John Geib […]patented the hopper with two separate escapements, one of which soon became adopted in the grasshopper of the square piano1894, “Pianoforte”, in Encyclopædia_Britannica
- Synonyms:
- hopper
- A fairy chess piece which moves orthogonally or diagonally, but must hop over a piece to move or capture, landing one square beyond the hopped piece.
Verb
grasshopper (third-person singular simple present grasshoppers, present participle grasshoppering, simple past and past participle grasshoppered)
grasshopper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
grasshopper in Hindi
- an insect of the suborder Caelifera
- टिड्डा ṭiḍḍā, टिड्डी ṭiḍḍī
grasshopper in Tamil
- வெட்டுக்கிளி
grasshopper in Marathi
- grasshopper
- नाकतोडा nāktoḍā
grasshopper in Urdu
- an insect of the suborder Caelifera
- ٹِڈّا ṭiḍḍā, ٹِڈّی ṭiḍḍī
More languagesFewer languages
- grasshopper in Bengali
- পতঙ্গ potoṅgo
- grasshopper in Telugu
- శలభము śalabhamu, మిడుత miḍuta
- grasshopper in Malayalam
- പുൽച്ചാടി pulccāṭi, പച്ചത്തുള്ളൻ paccattuḷḷaṉ
- grasshopper in Kannada
- ಮಿಡಿತೆ
- grasshopper in Punjabi
- ਟਿੱਡਾ ṭiḍḍā
- grasshopper in Gujarati
- તિત્તીધોડ, તિત્તીધોડિયા, તિત્તીધોડો
- grasshopper in Sanskrit
- फडिङ्गा phaḍiṅgā, त्रिशङ्कु triśaṅku, पुत्रक putraka, तृणस्कन्द tṛṇaskanda
- grasshopper in Assamese
- ফৰিং phoriṅ
- grasshopper in Pashto
- ملخ moláx
- grasshopper in Tagalog
- tipaklong
- grasshopper in Arabic
- جُنْدُب jundub, جَرَادَة jarāda
- grasshopper in Malay
- belalang
- grasshopper in Indonesian
- belalang
- grasshopper in Thai
- ตั๊กแตน dták-gà-dtɛɛn, เรไร ree-rai
- grasshopper in Vietnamese
- châu chấu
- grasshopper in Myanmar
- နှံကောင် hnamkaung
Examples of grasshopper in a sentence
- Maybe girl grasshoppers find long legs attractive in boy grasshoppers, but what do I know?
- Insects like grasshoppers use a specialized structure called the furca to facilitate jumping.
- He used ants, grasshoppers and flies in his paintings based on his personal experiences.
Synonyms of grasshopper
Forms of grasshopper
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | grasshoppers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | grasshoppers |
| present participle | grasshoppering |
| past participle | grasshoppered |
| past | grasshoppered |
Origin of grasshopper
From Middle English grashoppere, alteration of earlier grashoppe, from Old English græshoppa (“grasshopper”). Equivalent to grass + hopper. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäärshupper, Dutch grashupper, grashipper, German Low German Grashüpper, Gresshüpper, German Grashüpfer, Danish græshoppe, Swedish gräshoppa, Norwegian gresshoppe.
Words formed from grasshopper
- admirable grasshopper
- American bird grasshopper
- band-winged grasshopper
- bird grasshopper
- blue-winged grasshopper
- differential grasshopper
- grasshopperdom
- grasshopper engine
- Grasshopper Falls
- grasshopper green
- grasshopperish
- grasshopperlike
- grasshopper lobster
- grasshopper mouse
- grasshopper pie
- Grasshopper Pueblo
- grasshopper warbler
- green grasshopper
- knee-high to a grasshopper
- knee high to a grasshopper
- long-horned grasshopper
- meadow grasshopper
- migratory grasshopper
- Pallas's grasshopper warbler
- short-horned grasshopper
- spur-throated grasshopper
- three-banded grasshopper
- trail ridge scrub grasshopper
- two-striped grasshopper
Phrases with grasshopper
Questions about grasshopper
- What does grasshopper mean?
- Grasshopper means a mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
- What is grasshopper in Hindi?
- Grasshopper in Hindi is टिड्डा (ṭiḍḍā), टिड्डी (ṭiḍḍī). See Grasshopper meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is grasshopper?
- Grasshopper can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce grasshopper?
- Grasshopper is pronounced /ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of grasshopper?
- The plural of grasshopper is grasshoppers.
Words near grasshopper in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: grasshopper (page history and authors); grasshopper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); नाकतोडा (Marathi) (page history and authors); మిడుత (Telugu) (page history and authors); പച്ചത്തുള്ളൻ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); grasshopper (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); grasshopper (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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