grasshopper

Meanings

Noun

terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping
a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)
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.
In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.
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.
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.
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.
A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao.
A young student in the initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent.
A frequent user of marijuana.
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.

Verb

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.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

grasshop, hopper

Scrabble Score: 19

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Words With Friends Score: 21

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