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HOPPER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
Synonyms:
ground ball; groundball; grounder; hopper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("hopper" is a kind of...):
hit; hitting; striking (the act of contacting one thing with another)
Domain category:
ball; baseball; baseball game (a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hopper"):
chop; chopper (a grounder that bounces high in the air)
roller (a grounder that rolls along the infield)
Derivation:
hop (jump lightly)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
Synonyms:
grasshopper; hopper
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hopper" is a kind of...):
orthopteran; orthopteron; orthopterous insect (any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hopper"):
acridid; short-horned grasshopper (grasshopper with short antennae)
long-horned grasshopper; tettigoniid (grasshoppers with long threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hopper" is a kind of...):
receptacle (a container that is used to put or keep things in)
Derivation:
hop (jump lightly)
Sense 4
Meaning:
A machine used for picking hops
Synonyms:
hop-picker; hopper
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("hopper" is a kind of...):
machine (any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Someone who hops
Example:
at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("hopper" is a kind of...):
jumper (an athlete who competes at jumping)
Derivation:
hop (jump lightly)
hop (move quickly from one place to another)
