2syllables
hopper
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Definitions ofhopper
1noun
- 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.
Example: "To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface."
- 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.
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