hopper

Meaning

1. One who or that which hops.
2. A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
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.
5. Various insects
6. Various insects
7. Various insects
8. Various insects
9. Various insects
10. An artificial fishing lure.
11. (slang) A toilet.
12. An escapement lever in a piano.
13. (obsolete) The game of hopscotch.
14. A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
15. A hopper car.
16. A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
17. A person or machine that picks hops.

Synonyms

grasshopper

hop-picker

groundball

grounder

ground ball

infundibulum

funnel

bunker

feeder

jumper

fidget

filler

globe

insect

magazine

pocket

receiver

receptacle

silo

trough

young locust

locust nymph

charging spout

supply tank

hopper-barge

holding tank

charging bucket

hopper wagon

grain hopper

bunk-feeder

hopper coal-car

acceptor

hopper-bottom coal-car

batcher

bell

🔔

bin

bug

🐛

card hopper

crucible

dispenser

doser

earth

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/

Etymology

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”).