hopper

clodhopper

1. A large shoe. I can't wear those clodhoppers—I'll look like a clown! You have a small foot, so those shoes look cute and dainty on you. In my size, they would be clodhoppers! Oh, those clodhoppers are my brother's. He's a size 13!

2. One who is regarded as stupid, boorish, and bumbling. Of course that clodhopper knocked over the whole display after being here just five minutes! Why do you have to be such a clodhopper, Jerry? Can't you act with a little bit of tact and common sense? I felt like a total clodhopper after realizing that what I'd said had come across as so offensive.

grasshopper

slang Someone who frequently smokes marijuana. Yeah, I smoke pot every now and then, but I'm not a grasshopper or anything. Of course I'm worried about my younger brother—he's a total grasshopper doing nothing productive with his life! Hmm, smells like there are some grasshoppers in our midst.

in the hopper

Being prepared. Don't worry, our vacation plans are in the hopper—we'll have everything finalized soon. Don't worry, my taxes are in the hopper. The accountant should be calling me any day now to pick them up. I know the boss wants that report today, and it is in the hopper.

See also: hopper

puddle hopper

slang A very small airplane used to travel relatively short distances, such as over a small body of water (a "puddle"). We had to take this tiny little puddle hopper since it was such a short flight from Dublin to Edinburgh. Are you sure this puddle hopper is safe? It looks like it runs on triple-A batteries!

See also: hopper, puddle

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in the hopper

Fig. in process; in line to be processed. (A hopper is a chute for incoming work or material to be processed.) It's in the hopper. I'll get to it. Your job is in the hopper, and your turn is next.

See also: hopper

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clodhopper

1. n. a big shoe. Wipe the mud off those clodhoppers before you come in here.

2. n. a stupid person; a rural oaf. You don’t know it, but that clodhopper is worth about two million bucks.

grasshopper

verb

See grasshead

in the hopper

mod. in process; in line to be processed. (A hopper is an in-basket for incoming work.) Your job is in the hopper, and your turn is next.

See also: hopper

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