hopper

Meaning

Noun

• One who or that which hops.
• A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
• A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
• A device that feeds material into a machine.
• Various insects
• An artificial fishing lure.
• A toilet.
• An escapement lever in a piano.
• The game of hopscotch.
• A window with hinges at the bottom, opened by tilting vertically.
• A hopper car.
• A fairy chess piece which moves only by jumping over another piece.
• A person or machine that picks hops.
• A Sri Lankan food made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
• A Sri Lankan pancake made from rice flour and coconut milk.

Origin

• From Middle English hoppere, alteration of *hoppe (found in gras-hoppe), from Old English hoppa, equivalent to hop + -er. Cognate with Dutch hopper, Swedish hoppare, Icelandic hoppari.
• From Sinhalese ආප්ප.