hopper

¹

[ hop-er ]

noun

1. a person or thing that hops. hop.
2. 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.

3. any of various jumping insects, as grasshoppers or leafhoppers.
4. Australian. kangaroo.
5. 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.
6. Railroads. hopper car.
7. U.S. Politics. a box into which a proposed legislative bill is dropped and thereby officially introduced.
8. one of the pieces at each side of a hopper casement.

Hopper

²

[ hop-er ]

noun

1. Edward, 1882–1967, U.S. painter and etcher.
2. Grace Murray, 1906–92, U.S. naval officer and computer scientist.
3. (William) De Wolf [d, uh, -w, oo, lf], 1858–1935, U.S. actor.

Hopper

¹

/ ˈhɒpə /

noun

1. HopperEdward18821967MUSARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Edward. 1882–1967, US painter, noted for his realistic depiction of everyday scenes

hopper

²

/ ˈhɒpə /

noun

1. a person or thing that hops
2. 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
3. a machine used for picking hops
4. any of various long-legged hopping insects, esp the grasshopper, leaf hopper, and immature locust
5. Also calledhoppercar an open-topped railway truck for bulk transport of loose minerals, etc, unloaded through doors on the underside
6. another name for cocopan
7. computing a device formerly used for holding punched cards and feeding them to a card punch or card reader

Hopper

/ hŏp′ər /

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of hopper¹

Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; hop ¹, -er ¹

Idioms and Phrases

Idioms

1. in the hopper, Informal. in preparation; about to be realized:

   Plans for the class reunion are in the hopper.

Example Sentences

It is a view shared by jeweller Tim Hopper, who owns one of Boston's longest-running businesses.

From BBC

ST Hopper Ltd, in the Market Place, was founded by his grandfather in 1926.

From BBC

"Boston is struggling," Mr Hopper says.

From BBC

But they still have to purchase a ticket to the parks and make a reservation to attend — and add the Park Hopper option if they plan to use the pass to its full extent.

From Los Angeles Times

Of their notoriously unpredictable co-star Hopper — so memorable as the film’s villain — Reeves said, “He’s brilliant and so charismatic and he’s so committed.”

From Los Angeles Times

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