Hopper

The word hopper has these meanings:

A wide bin-like entry to feed large bulks of solid matter into a machine. It is open above, and tapers, being thinner at the bottom where it feeds into the mechanism.
A hopper is simply a magazine for the paintball marker for housing paint balls.
In agriculture, a hopper on a combine is a tank or bin where the harvested grain is temporarily stored until it is unloaded to a truck or grain cart.
In aviation, a hopper is a one person, basket-less ultralight hot air balloon.
In biology, the immature form or nymph of a locust. Large groups of these nymphs are called hopper bands.
In chess, a hopper is a piece which moves by jumping over another piece.
In football, a supporter of the Grasshopper-Club Zurich.
In politics, in the United States House of Representatives, the hopper is the box which sits on the House Clerk's desk, into which a bill or resolution is dropped for introduction.
In Ship, a hopper is a ship or vessel to carry the dumping materials (like rock, sand, soil or rubbish) to fill up the sea, river or lake for lands by reclamation methods.
In Sri Lankan cuisine a hopper is a food, used most frequently for breakfast.
In transportatin, a type of goods railway wagon for carrying bulk solids. See hopper car for open-topped cars or covered hopper for cars with a roof.
Hopper, a spacecraft.

People named Hopper:

Andy Hopper (1953—), British computer scientist
Dennis Hopper (1936—), American actor
DeWolf Hopper (1858–1935), American actor, singer, and comedian
Edward Hopper (1882–1967), American artist
Grace Hopper (1906–1992), American naval officer and computer pioneer
Hedda Hopper (1885–1966), American actress and gossip columnist
Isaac Hopper (1771–1852), American abolitionist, underground railroad pioneer
Josephine Hopper (1883–1968), American artist and wife of Edward Hopper
Nicholas J. Hopper (contemporary), American assistant professor
Thomas Hopper (1776–1856), English architect
William Hopper (1915–1970), American actor

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