Word Meaning

hopper definition and meaning

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

Crossword clues for hopper

- Frog or rabbit, e.g.
- Frog or rabbit, eg
- Jumping insect
- Large container