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hopper
hop·per / ˈhäpər/ • n. 1. a container for a bulk material such as grain, rock, or trash, typically one that tapers downward and is able to discharge its contents at the bottom. ∎ chiefly hist. a tapering container, working with a hopping motion, through which grain passed into a mill. ∎ (in full hopper car) a railroad car able to discharge coal or other bulk material through its floor. ∎ a barge for carrying away mud or sediment from a dredging machine and discharging it. ∎ (also hopper head) a container at the top of a vertical pipe that receives water from a gutter or waste pipe. ∎ a box in which bills are put for consideration by a legislature. 2. a person or thing that hops. ∎ inf. a person who makes a series of short trips: an island hopper. ∎ a hopping insect, esp. a grasshopper. |
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"hopper." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hopper." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-hopper010.html "hopper." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-hopper010.html |
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hopper, a dumb barge or lighter used in conjunction with old-fashioned dredgers for receiving the spoil brought up in the buckets, or for the carriage of sewage or similar material for disposal.
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"hopper." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hopper." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-hopper.html "hopper." The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea. 2006. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O225-hopper.html |
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hopper Indian; steamed batter cake made from rice flour mixed with coconut water and allowed to undergo lactic acid fermentation overnight.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "hopper." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "hopper." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-hopper.html DAVID A. BENDER. "hopper." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-hopper.html |
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•Agrippa, chipper, clipper, dipper, equipper, flipper, gripper, hipper, kipper, nipper, Pippa, ripper, shipper, sipper, skipper, slipper, stripper, tipper, tripper, whipper, zipper
•crimper, shrimper, simper, whimper, Whymper
•crisper, whisper
•mudskipper • caliper • Philippa
•juniper • gossiper
•worshipper (US worshiper)
•griper, piper, sniper, swiper, viper, wiper
•bagpiper • sandpiper
•bopper, chopper, copper, cropper, Dopper, dropper, hopper, improper, Joppa, poppa, popper, proper, shopper, stopper, swapper, topper, whopper
•stomper • prosper • bebopper
•teenybopper • grasshopper
•clodhopper • sharecropper
•name-dropper • eavesdropper
•window-shopper • doorstopper
•show-stopper
•gawper, pauper, torpor, warper
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"hopper." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 12 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "hopper." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (February 12, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-hopper.html "hopper." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-hopper.html |
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