Hopper

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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, e.g. [1].
• 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 Zürich.
• 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 transportation, 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
• Hopper, cat