Definition of hopper Hopper

/hɑˈpɚ/ - [haper] - hop•per

We found 20 definitions of hopper from 5 different sources.

What does hopper mean?

Noun Plural: hoppers
hopper - someone who hops; "at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children"
		jumper (basketball) a player releases the basketball at the high point of a jump
hopper - funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
		receptacle a container that is used to put or keep things in
hopper - (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
		grounder, ground ball, groundball
		hitting, striking, hit (baseball) a successful stroke in an athletic contest (especially in baseball); "he came all the way around on Williams' hit"
		baseball game, baseball a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
		chopper, chop informal terms for a human `tooth'
hopper - terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
		grasshopper
		orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
		acridid, short-horned grasshopper grasshopper with short antennae
hopper - a machine used for picking hops
		hop-picker

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hopper (Noun)
A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
hopper (Noun)
A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
hopper (Noun)
One who hops.
hopper (Noun)
The immature form of a locust.
hopper (Noun)
An artificial fishing lure.
hopper (Noun)
An escapement lever in a piano; a grasshopper.

hopper (n.)
One who, or that which, hops.
hopper (n.)
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.
hopper (n.)
See Grasshopper, 2.
hopper (n.)
A game. See Hopscotch.
hopper (n.)
See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree.
hopper (n.)
The larva of a cheese fly.
hopper (n.)
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 in sign language