grasshopper
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grasshopper
- /ˈɡɹɑːsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ɡɹæsˌhɒpə(ɹ)/ UK
- /ˈɡɹæsˌhɑpəɹ/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English grashoppere, alteration of earlier grashoppe, from Old English græshoppa (“grasshopper”). Equivalent to grass + hopper. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Gäärshupper, Dutch grashupper, grashipper, German Low German Grashüpper, Gresshüpper, German Grashüpfer, Danish græshoppe, Swedish gräshoppa, Norwegian gresshoppe.
noun grasshoppers
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A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.
Even in my happiest moments, while the grass was crowded with flowers beneath me—the sweet monotony of the running water in mine ear, only broken by the cheerful chant of the grasshopper—the boughs of the chestnut, filled with sunshine, dazzling my eyes, till the golden air seemed thronged with love
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In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.
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In a looser sense, also includes the katydids (also known as longhorned grasshoppers or bush crickets), which are members of the family Tettigoniidae, of the suborder Ensifera.
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- A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao. Does he order Scotch-on-the-rocks in a low, mean voice? No? A Bud? No? A grasshopper, heavy on the creme de menthe? Right!
- A young student in the initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent. Although we don't know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the cu
- A frequent user of marijuana.
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In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.
John Geib […]patented the hopper with two separate escapements, one of which soon became adopted in the grasshopper of the square piano
Similar: hopper
- A fairy chess piece which moves orthogonally or diagonally, but must hop over a piece to move or capture, landing one square beyond the hopped piece.
verb grasshoppers · grasshoppering · grasshoppered
- Of a crop, to be ruined or destroyed by grasshoppers.
- To move a riverboat over an obstruction, such as a sandbar.
- Of an animal, to hunt and eat grasshoppers.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: acridid, katydid, cricket, locust, shrimp, walk, please, mentor, plagues, 'hopper, grasshopper green, grig, groundhopper, gryllid, spur-throated grasshopper, grasshopper warbler
Translations
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noun an insect of the suborder Caelifera
| Español | saltamontes, langosta, chapulín |
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| 한국어 | 메뚜기 mettugi |
| 日本語 | 飛蝗 batta, バッタ batta, 蝗 inago, イナゴ inago |
| 中文 | 蚱蜢 zhàměng, 螞蚱 /蚂蚱 màzha |
| हिन्दी | टिड्डा ṭiḍḍā, टिड्डी ṭiḍḍī |
| Kiswahili | panzi class I/IX |
| Português | gafanhoto |
| Français | criquet |
| Deutsch | Grashüpfer |
| Italiano | cavalletta, locusta |
| Ελληνικά | ακρίδα akrída |
| Română | lăcustă |
| Русский | кузне́чик kuznéčik, кобы́лка kobýlka, саранча́ sarančá |
| Tiếng Việt | châu chấu |
| العربية | جُنْدُب jundub, جَرَادَة jarāda |
| עברית | חָגָב khagáv |
noun young student
| Português | gafanhoto |
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| Français | petit scarabée |
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title = {grasshopper},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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