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Hopper

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Hop·per  (hpr), Edward 1882-1967.
American painter famous for his stark, realist style. Among his best-known works are Early Sunday Morning (1930) and Nighthawks (1942).

Hopper, Grace Murray 1906-1992.
American mathematician and computer programmer. Noted for her development of programming languages, especially COBOL, she is credited with inventing the first compiler.

hop·per  (hpr)
n.
1. One that hops.
2.
a. A usually funnel-shaped container in which materials, such as grain or coal, are stored in readiness for dispensation.
b. A freight car with a door in the floor through which materials are unloaded.
c. A box in which a bill is placed pending formal introduction before a legislature.
d. Informal A place in which something is held in readiness: a studio with many potential blockbusters in the hopper.

[Sense 2, from the shaking or hopping motion of grain hoppers as grain passed through them to the mill.]

hopper
Noun
a funnel-shaped device from which solid materials can be discharged into a receptacle below
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Hopperhopper - funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below
receptacle - a container that is used to put or keep things in
2.hopper - someone who hops; "at hopscotch, the best hoppers are the children"
jumper - an athlete who competes at jumping; "he is one hell of a jumper"
3.hopper - a machine used for picking hops
machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks
4.Hopperhopper - terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect - any of various insects having leathery forewings and membranous hind wings and chewing mouthparts
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
5.Hopperhopper - (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
hitting, striking, hit - the act of contacting one thing with another; "repeated hitting raised a large bruise"; "after three misses she finally got a hit"
chopper, chop - a grounder that bounces high in the air
roller - a grounder that rolls along the infield
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; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
Translations
hopper [ˈhɔpəʳ] n (= chute) → tolva
hopper [ˈhɔpəʳ] n (= chute) → trémie f
hopper [ˈhɔpəʳ] nEinfülltrichter m
hopper [ˈhɔpəʳ] n (= chute) → tramoggia


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There's a fence between the Hopper Country and the Horner Country, and a gate in the fence; but you can't pass through just now, because we are at war with the Horners.
They put these up in several grades, and sold them at several prices; but the contents of the cans all came out of the same hopper.
She had visualized him filling his car, and mentally had followed his coal as it was carried up to the surface to be dumped into the hopper, weighed and dropped down the chute into the flat cars.
 
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