hopper

[hop-er]

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noun

a person or thing that hops.

Informal. a person who travels or moves frequently from one place or situation to another (usually used in combination): a two-week tour designed for energetic city-hoppers.

any of various jumping insects, as grasshoppers or leafhoppers.

Australian. kangaroo.

a funnel-shaped chamber or bin in which loose material, as grain or coal, is stored temporarily, being filled through the top and dispensed through the bottom.

Railroads. hopper car.

U.S. Politics. a box into which a proposed legislative bill is dropped and thereby officially introduced.

one of the pieces at each side of a hopper casement.

Idioms

in the hopper, Informal. in preparation; about to be realized: Plans for the class reunion are in the hopper.

Origin of hopper

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at hop¹, -er¹

Hopper

[hop-er]

noun

Edward,1882–1967, U.S. painter and etcher.

Grace Murray,1906–92, U.S. naval officer and computer scientist.

(William) De Wolf

[duh-woo lf] /də wʊlf/, 1858–1935, U.S. actor.

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Related Words for hopper

reaction, life, force, deal, process, plan, activity, operation, response, movement, kettle, jar, pot, crate, packet, vessel, dish, storage, bowl, carton

Examples from the Web for hopper

Contemporary Examples of hopper

Stream House of Cards and other Netflix originals right from the Hopper.
Four TV Shows We Can’t Wait to Return In 2015
DISH
December 22, 2014
Hopper (1882-1967), had his first major retrospective at the Whitney in 1964.
The Stacks: Edward Hopper’s X-Ray Vision
Hilton Kramer
October 25, 2014
In the decade following World War I, Hopper settled on a vein of imagery that has been his special glory ever since.
The Stacks: Edward Hopper’s X-Ray Vision
Hilton Kramer
October 25, 2014
Hopper was also very interested in what was taking place in the art scene.
Dennis Hopper: The Missing Years
Liza Foreman
June 25, 2014
From 1960 to 1967, Hopper disappeared from Hollywood, and this trove of images helps document how he spent his time.
Dennis Hopper: The Missing Years
Liza Foreman
June 25, 2014

Historical Examples of hopper

"He did well to come to terms with them," continued Hopper, dropping his voice.
The Channings
Mrs. Henry Wood
He repaid Hopper with a specimen of his tongue, and flung the writ back at him.
The Channings
Mrs. Henry Wood
"I guess I'll go and shake hands with Mrs. Hopper," said Nan.
Mary Louise in the Country
L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)
"He couldn't want anything that's cheaper to make," said Mrs. Hopper.
Mary Louise in the Country
L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)
I stood as long as I could stagger to the hopper with grain.
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Frederick Douglass

British Dictionary definitions for hopper

hopper

noun

a person or thing that hops

a funnel-shaped chamber or reservoir from which solid materials can be discharged under gravity into a receptacle below, esp for feeding fuel to a furnace, loading a railway truck with grain, etc

a machine used for picking hops

any of various long-legged hopping insects, esp the grasshopper, leaf hopper, and immature locust

Also called: hoppercar an open-topped railway truck for bulk transport of loose minerals, etc, unloaded through doors on the underside

Southern African another name for cocopan

computing a device formerly used for holding punched cards and feeding them to a card punch or card reader

Hopper

noun

Edward. 1882–1967, US painter, noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes

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Word Origin and History for hopper

n.2

"container with narrow opening at bottom," late 13c., perhaps an agent noun from hop (v.) via notion of grain juggling in a mill hopper.

n.1

"person or animal that hops," mid-13c., agent noun from hop (v.). From c.1200 as a surname, and perhaps existing in Old English (cf. hoppestre "female dancer").

hopper in Science

Hopper

[hŏp′ər]Grace Murray 1906-1992

American mathematician and computer programmer who in 1951 conceived the idea for an internal computer program, called a compiler, that scanned a set of alphanumeric instructions (such as words and symbols) and compiled a set of binary instructions executed by the machine. Her ideas were widely influential in the development of programming languages, in particular COBOL.