Definitions of hopper [ˈhɒp ər]

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Definition of 'hopper'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hopper
one that hops.

2.  hopper
any jumping insect, as a grasshopper.

3.  hopper
a funnel-shaped bin in which loose material, as grain or coal, is stored temporarily.

4.  hopper
a box into which a proposed legislative bill is dropped and thereby officially introduced.

5. (n.) Hopper
Edward, 1882–1967, U.S. painter.

Definition of 'hopper'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) hopper
funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below

2. (noun) hopper
someone who hops
"at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children"

3. (noun) hop-picker, hopper
a machine used for picking hops

4. (noun) grasshopper, hopper
terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

5. (noun) grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper
(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground

Definition of 'hopper'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) hopper
one who, or that which, hops

2. (noun) hopper
a chute, box, or receptacle, usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part, for delivering or feeding any material, as to a machine; as, the wooden box with its trough through which grain passes into a mill by joining or shaking, or a funnel through which fuel passes into a furnace, or coal, etc., into a car

3. (noun) hopper
see Grasshopper, 2

4. (noun) hopper
a game. See Hopscotch

5. (noun) hopper
see Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree

6. (noun) hopper
the larva of a cheese fly

7. (noun) hopper
a vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; -- called also dumping scow

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