HOPPER

n. person or thing which hops; grasshopper; funnel-shaped device through which loose material is passed

The word hopper can mean:A wide bin-like entry to feed large bulks of solid matter into a machine. It is open above, and tapers, being thinner at the bottom where it feeds into the mechanism, e.g. [1]. Often refers to hoppers used in paintball markers, which house and feed paint balls into the marker.In agriculture, a hopper on a combine is a tank or bin where the harvested grain is temporarily stored until it is unloaded to a truck or grain cart. A hopper on an agricultural aircraft is a tank inside the fuselage used to hold superphosphate or other chemicals for airborne application over crops or pasture.In aviation, a hopper is a one person, basket-less ultralight hot air balloon.In biology, the immature form or nymph of a locust, but sometimes also referring to leafhoppers and treehoppers. Large groups of these nymphs are called hopper bands.In chess variants, a hopper is a piece which moves by jumping over another piece.In football, a supporter of the Grasshopper-Club Zürich.In politics, in the United States House of Representatives, the hopper is the box which sits on the House Clerk's desk, into which a bill or resolution is dropped for introduction.In ship transportation, a hopper is a ship or vessel to carry the dumping materials (like rock, sand, soil or rubbish) to fill up the sea, river or lake for lands by reclamation methods.In Sri Lankan cuisine a hopper is a food, used most frequently for breakfast.In transportation, a type of goods railway wagon for carrying bulk solids. See hopper car for open-topped cars or covered hopper for cars with a roof.Hopper, a spacecraft.Hopper, catHopper, a part of power plants.Hopper, the band.Hopper is the name of a wolf and minor character in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series.
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Noun
1. funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
(hypernym) receptacle
(derivation) hop, skip, hop-skip
2. someone who hops; "at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children"
(hypernym) jumper
(derivation) hop
3. a machine used for picking hops
(synonym) hop-picker
(hypernym) machine
4. terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
(synonym) grasshopper
(hypernym) orthopterous insect, orthopteron, orthopteran
(hyponym) short-horned grasshopper, acridid
5. (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
(synonym) grounder, ground ball, groundball
(hypernym) hit, hitting, striking
(hyponym) chop, chopper
(derivation) hop, skip, hop-skip
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball

n. hopper

(n.)
The larva of a cheese fly.
  

(n.)
See Grasshopper, and Frog hopper, Grape hopper, Leaf hopper, Tree hopper, under Frog, Grape, Leaf, and Tree.
  

(n.)
See Grasshopper, 2.
  

(n.)
One who, or that which, hops.
  

(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.
  

(n.)
A game. See Hopscotch.
  

(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.