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grasshop¹

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From Middle English grashoppe, grashope, from Old English græshoppa (“grasshopper”). More at grasshopper.

noun grasshops

  1. archaic, dialectal A grasshopper. But by the scorched bank-sides i' thy footsteps still I go plodding: Hedge-rows hot do resound with grasshops mournfully squeaking.

grasshop²

Where it comes from

Back-formation from grasshopper.

verb grasshops · grasshopping · grasshopped

  1. ambitransitive To move erratically here and there, like a grasshopper. It grasshops over the grass and bounds skyward. A matron crams a fresh stick of gum into her mouth and chews her words up with it.

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@misc{grasshop_2026,
  title = {grasshop},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/grasshop},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}