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n. A rude, rustic fellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Zool.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididæ and Locustidæ, having large hind legs adapted for leaping, and chewing mouth parts. The species and genera are very numerous and some are very destructive to crops. The former family includes the Western grasshopper or locust (Caloptenus spretus), noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the red-legged (Caloptenus femurrubrum and C. atlanis) are closely related species, but their ravages are less important. They are closely related to the migratory locusts of the Old World. See Locust. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

☞ The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the Locustidæ. They have long antennæ, large ovipositors, and stridulating organs at the base of the wings in the male. The European great green grasshopper (Locusta viridissima) belongs to this family. The common American green species mostly belong to Xiphidium, Orchelimum, and Conocephalus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key; -- called also the hopper. Grove. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mil.) An antipersonnel mine that jumps from the ground to body height when activated, and explodes, hurling metal fragments over a wide area. [ PJC ]

4. A mixed alcoholic beverage containing crème de menthe, light cream, and sometimes crème de cacao. The name comes from its light green color. [ PJC ]

Grasshopper engine, a steam engine having a working beam with its fulcrum at one end, the steam cylinder at the other end, and the connecting rod at an intermediate point. --
Grasshopper lobster (Zool.) a young lobster. [ Local, U. S. ] --
Grasshopper warbler (Zool.), cricket bird. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 1st Hop. ] 1. One who, or that which, hops. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) See Grasshopper, 2. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. pl. A game. See Hopscotch. Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Zool.) (a) See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree. (b) The larva of a cheese fly. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Naut.) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bell and hopper (Metal.), the apparatus at the top of a blast furnace, through which the charge is introduced, while the gases are retained. --
Hopper boy, a rake in a mill, moving in a circle to spread meal for drying, and to draw it over an opening in the floor, through which it falls. --
Hopper closet, a water-closet, without a movable pan, in which the receptacle is a funnel standing on a draintrap. --
Hopper cock, a faucet or valve for flushing the hopper of a water-closet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Hopper (as in grasshopper) + doze or dose; because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison. ] (Agric.) An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow iron box, containing kerosene or coated with tar or other sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. (Gold Washing) Gravel retaining in the hopper of a cradle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A small leaping insect that sucks the juices of plants.
Syn. -- leafhopper. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. Hopscotch. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who shops. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, n. [ See Whap. ] Something uncommonly large of the kind; something astonishing; -- applied especially to a bold lie. Now (1998) usually spelled whopper. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]