hopper

1. n. One who, or that which, hops. Source: opted

2. 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. Source: opted

3. n. See Grasshopper, 2. Source: opted

4. n. A game. See Hopscotch. Source: opted

5. n. See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree. Source: opted

6. n. The larva of a cheese fly. Source: opted

7. 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. Source: opted

8. n. funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below Source: wordnet

9. n. someone who hops Source: wordnet

10. n. a machine used for picking hops Source: wordnet

11. n. terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping Source: wordnet

12. n. (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground Source: wordnet

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