HOPPER

The word 'hopper' can mean:

★ 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 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. A 'hopper' on an agricultural aircraft is a tank inside the fuselage used to hold superphosphate or other chemicals for airborne application over crops or pasture.

★ In aviation, a hopper is a one person, basket-less ultralight hot air balloon.

★ In biology, the immature form or nymph of a locust, but sometimes also referring to leafhoppers and treehoppers. Large groups of these nymphs are called 'hopper bands'.

★ In chess variants, 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 transportation, 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.

★ Hopper, cat

★ Hopper, a part of power plants.

★ Hopper, the band.

★ 'Hopper' is the name of a wolf and minor character in Robert Jordan's ''The Wheel of Time'' series.
People named 'Hopper':

★ Andy Hopper (1953—), British computer scientist

★ Several Southern Gospel musicians and singers: Paul Hopper, Bill Hopper, Claud Hopper, Connie Hopper, Dean Hopper, Kim Greene Hopper

★ 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

★ Heather Hopper (1976–-), American actress

★ Hedda Hopper (1885–1966), American actress and gossip columnist

★ Hugh Hopper (1945—) English bass guitarist, formerly of Soft Machine

★ 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

★ Shirley Ximena Hopper Russell (1886-1985), American artist

★ Thomas Hopper (1776–1856), English architect

★ William Hopper (1915–1970), American actor

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