1. grasshopper(n = noun.animal) hopper - terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping;
is a kind of orthopteran, orthopteron, orthopterous insect
has particulars: acridid, short-horned grasshopper, long-horned grasshopper, tettigoniid
2. grasshopper(n = noun.food) - a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao);
is a kind of cocktail
1. Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families
" The meadow or green grasshoppers belong to the
2. 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; -- called also the
3. An antipersonnel mine that jumps from the ground to body height when activated, and explodes, hurling metal fragments over a wide area. [PJC]
4. A mixed alcoholic beverage containing cr
grasshopper, n. a jumping and chirping plant-eating insect of the order Saltatoria.
N leap, jump, hop, spring, bound, vault, saltation, ance, caper, curvet, caracole, gambade, gambado, capriole, demivolt, buck, buck jump, hop skip and jump, falcade, kangaroo, jerboa, chamois, goat, frog, grasshopper, flea, buckjumper, wallaby, leaping, saltatory, frisky, on the light fantastic toe, di salto in salto.
grasshopper mouse, long-horned grasshopper, migratory grasshopper, short-horned grasshopper