Canadian English Meaning of hopper

hopper

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Definitions and Meaning of hopper in English

Wordnet

hopper (n)

funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below

someone who hops

a machine used for picking hops

terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground

Webster

hopper (n.)

One who, or that which, hops.

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.

See Grasshopper, 2.

A game. See Hopscotch.

See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree.

The larva of a cheese fly.

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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hopper

funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below, someone who hops, a machine used for picking hops, terrestrial plant-eating insect w

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hopped-up => hopped-up, hopped => hopped, hop-o'-my-thumb => Hop-o'-my-thumb, hoplite => Hoplite, hopkinson => Hopkinson,