hopper
pronunciation
How to pronounce hopper in British English:
UK [ˈhɒpə(r)]
How to pronounce hopper in American English:
US [ˈhɑpə(r)]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- hopper (n.1)
- "person or animal that hops," mid-13c., agent noun from hop (v.). From c. 1200 as a surname, and perhaps existing in Old English (which had hoppestre "female dancer").
- hopper (n.2)
- "container with narrow opening at bottom," late 13c., perhaps an agent noun from hop (v.) via notion of grain juggling in a mill hopper.
Example
- 1. Soon , all became clear : the stuffing machine operator had managed to fill the teddy bear stuffing machine hopper with car wheels .
- 2. To save time ( those fateful words ) the neighbor had placed the shredder at the base of a great oak tree , where he could drop branches directly into the hopper .
- 3. For it is , literally , a space hopper .
- 4. Mrs van hopper gave her fat laugh .
- 5. Self-propelled sweepers and scrubbers tank and hopper capacity rating .