Meaning of Hopper | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
2. A surname.
3. One who or that which hops.
4. An unincorporated community in Stronghurst Township, Henderson County, Illinois, United States.
5. A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
6. An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
7. A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
8. A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
9. Various insects
10. A grasshopper or locust, especially
11. A grasshopper or locust, especially:
12. The immature form of a locust.
13. The larva of a cheese fly.
14. A leafhopper.
15. Any of various hesperiid butterflies.
16. An artificial fishing lure.
17. A toilet.
    slang
18. An escapement lever in a piano.
19. The game of hopscotch.
    obsolete
20. A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
21. A hopper car.
22. A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
23. A person or machine that picks hops.

Equivalents

Examples

“I went over and found the mealies and ground covered with large hoppers, about two weeks old.”

“To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.”

“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 […]”

“The Leo, Pao (or Cannon, a piece from Chinese chess) and Vao (Z.Mach FCR 1940) are hybrid hoppers that move like a queen, rook or bishop and capture along these lines like a lion.”

“Hoppers come in different varieties and can be sweet or savoury, while an egg hopper has an egg in the middle added during cooking.”

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