Meaning

noun funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below

noun someone who hops

noun a machine used for picking hops

originFrom Middle English hoppere, alteration of *hoppe (found in grashoppe (“grasshopper”)), from Old English *hoppa (“one who hops, hopper”), equivalent to hop + -er. Cognate with Dutch hopper (“hopper”), Swedish hoppare (“hopper, jumper”), Icelandic hoppari (“hopper”).

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