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hop·per I. \ˈhäpə(r)\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from hoppen to hop + -er — more at hop 1. : one that hops: as a. : a leaping insect (as a leafhopper, grasshopper, or froghopper); specifically : an immature hopping form usually of an insect that is winged as a adult (as the larva of a cheese fly or a young grasshopper or locust) b. (1) : a person who makes flights or trips of usually short duration < the first island-hopper in the Caribbean — Newsweek > (2) : one who flits about from one place of a specified kind to another of the same kind — usually used in combination < a table-hopper > < a barhopper > c. : a batted ball which rebounds from the ground 2. a. : a chute, box, or receptacle usually funnel-shaped with an opening at the lower part for delivering material (as grain, fuel, or coal) b. : something like or likened to a hopper in form or function as: (1) : any of the compartments of a hopper frame or the hopper frame itself (2) : a feeder for animals; especially : one from which food flows automatically from an enclosed reservoir to the compartment from which it is eaten c. : a box usually on the desk of the clerk or other official of a legislative body into which a proposed bill is dropped d. : the process of realization or preparation — used in the phrase in the hopper < your show is in the hopper and you might just as well … not worry — E.J.Kahn > < a plan for exempting … small businesses from wage controls is in the hopper — Washington Report > 3. a. : a ship used especially to convey mud, gravel, or sand dredged from harbors out to sea and constructed with a full midship section from which the cargo is discharged through the bottom b. : hopper car c. (1) : a tank holding water or other liquid and having a device for releasing its contents through a pipe at the bottom (2) : a toilet bowl II. noun (-s) Etymology: hop (III) + -er 1. : a hop picker 2. : a brewery worker who pours dried hops into casks 3. : an inverted pyramid or cone through which malt passes to the grinding mill in the brewing process |