hopper
See also: Hopper
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈhɔp.ə/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈhɑ.pɚ/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒpə(r)
Noun
hopper (plural hoppers)
- A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
- A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
- One who hops.
- Various insects
- A grasshopper or locust, especially:
- The larva of a cheese fly.
- A leafhopper.
- An artificial fishing lure.
- To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
- (slang) A toilet.
- 2010, Robert Hudson, Stories of an Unusual Life (page 250)
- 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)
- An escapement lever in a piano
- A Sri Lankan food made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
- (obsolete) The game of hopscotch.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Johnson to this entry?)
- A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
- A hopper car.
- (chess) A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
Derived terms
Terms derived from hopper
Norwegian Nynorsk
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