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hopper

UK/ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/

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Australia/ˈhɔp.ə/

hopper noun: one who or that which hops.

hopper: one who or that which hops
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Noun (1)

hopper (plural hoppers)

  1. One who or that which hops.
  2. A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
    • ...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.1847, editorial staff, “Winnowing Machines”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68
    Synonyms:
    feedbin
  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.
    • 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,...1847, editorial staff, “Winnowing Machines”, in Scientific American, series 1, Volume 3, Issue 9, page 68
    Synonyms:
    feeder, feedbin
  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.
    • I went over and found the mealies and ground covered with large hoppers, about two weeks old.1901, J. H. Stansell, “Locust Destruction”, in The Agricultural Journal and Mining Record, volume 4, page 21
    • “And the next year the hoppers came. The sky was so dark with them we had to light the lamps at midday.”1975, Larry Woiwode, Beyond the Bedroom Wall, page 27
  6. An artificial fishing lure.
    • To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
  7. (slang) A toilet.
    • 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 […]2010, Robert Hudson, Stories of an Unusual Life, page 250
  8. An escapement lever in a piano.
  9. (obsolete) 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.
    • 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.2010 August 21, G. P. Jelliss, “Simple Chess Variants”, in Mayhematics, page 11
  13. A person or machine that picks hops.

Noun (2)

hopper (plural hoppers)

  1. A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
    • Hoppers come in different varieties and can be sweet or savoury, while an egg hopper has an egg in the middle added during cooking.2010, Channa Dassanayaka, Sri Lankan Flavours, page 20

Proper noun capitalized: Hopper

Hopper

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community in Stronghurst Township, Henderson County, Illinois, United States.
  3. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.

hopper meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

hopper in Hindi

हॉपर, होपर

hopper in Tamil

அண்டா, தெரிசெய்தி அட்டை இடு அமைப்பு, பெய்கலன், பெய்குடுவை, தத்துப்பூச்சி

hopper in Marathi

हॉपर, होपर

hopper in Urdu

ہوپر, ہاپر, ہپر
More languagesFewer languages
hopper in Bengali
হপার, হোপার
hopper in Telugu
హాప్పర్, హోపర్
hopper in Malayalam
ഹോപ്പർ, ഹാപ്പർ
hopper in Kannada
ಹಾಪ್ಪರ್, ಹ್ಯಾಪರ್, ಹಾಪರ್
hopper in Punjabi
ਹੌਪਰ, ਹਾੱਪਰ, ਹੋਪਰ
hopper in Gujarati
હોપર, હૉપર
hopper in Odia
ହପର, ହପ୍ପର୍, ହପର୍
hopper in Nepali
हपर, हप्पर, होपर

Examples of hopper in a sentence

  • Its trains comprise purpose-built covered hoppers that can run at 60mph loaded and 75mph empty.
  • Repairs or replacement of rainwater downpipes and hoppers, clearing out and renewal of weep holes.
  • String hopper kottu, or gossamer rice-flour noodles, are molded with vegetables into a pyramid.

All 26 example sentences with hopper

Synonyms of hopper

Forms of hopper

pluralhoppers

Plural of hopper: hoppers

Origin of hopper

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”).

From Sinhalese ආප්ප (āppa), from Tamil ஆப்பம் (āppam). Doublet of appam.

* As an English and Scottish surname, from the verb hop; identical to hopper. * As a German surname, from hoppen (“to stumble, limp”), related to above. * As a Dutch surname, from hop (“Humulus lupulus”).

Words formed from hopper

Phrases with hopper

Words that rhyme with hopper

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Questions about hopper

What does hopper mean?
Hopper means one who or that which hops.
What is hopper in Hindi?
Hopper in Hindi is हॉपर, होपर. See Hopper meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is hopper?
Hopper can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce hopper?
Hopper is pronounced /ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of hopper?
The plural of hopper is hoppers.

Words near hopper in the dictionary

  1. hopped the twig
  2. hopped the wag
  3. hopped to it
  4. hopped up
  5. Hoppenreys
  6. hopper
  7. hopper boy
  8. hopper boys
  9. hopper car
  10. hopper cars
  11. hopper crystal

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: hopper (page history and authors); Hopper (page history and authors); hopper (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hopper (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); hopper (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hopper (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hopper (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hopper (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hopper (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hopper (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hopper (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hopper (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hopper (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); hopper (Nepali, 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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