Skip to definition.
Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps


Noun: hopper  hó-pu(r)
  1. Funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
     
  2. Someone who hops
    "at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children"
     
  3. A machine used for picking hops
    - hop-picker
     
  4. Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
    - grasshopper
     
  5. (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
    - grounder, ground ball, groundball
     
  6. [US, dialect] A young street-level drug dealer

Derived forms: hoppers

Type of: hit, hitting, jumper, machine, orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect, receptacle, striking

Encyclopedia: Hopper, Paul