Definitions
(baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
Word origin
From 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”).
Used in a sentence
“I went over and found the mealies and ground covered with large hoppers, about two weeks old.”
““And the next year the hoppers came. The sky was so dark with them we had to light the lamps at midday.””
“To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Leaper in motion”6 letters
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