Noun

(en noun)

A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.

A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.

One who hops.

The immature form of a locust.

The larva of a cheese fly.

An artificial fishing lure.

To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.

A toilet.

* 2010 , Robert Hudson, Stories of an Unusual Life (page 250)

The fresh-water container for the house was above the ceiling directly over the toilet. One day, I was comfortably seated on the hopper minding my own business, when a large portion of the ceiling came crashing down

An escapement lever in a piano; a grasshopper.

A Sri Lankan food made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.

(obsolete) The game of hopscotch.

(Johnson)

Noun

(en noun)

Something that is on top.

* {{quote-news, year=2009, date=January 26, author=Cameron Adams, title=Sniffer dogs have their Big Day Out, work=Herald Sun citation

, passage=UK act the Prodigy will headline the Boiler Room, with chart toppers the Ting Tings playing at 2.15pm on the green stage.}}

A top hat.

Something for removing the top of something.

* {{quote-news, year=2007, date=October 14, author=Amanda Hesser, title=2000: Le Bernardin’s Croque-Monsieur, work=New York Times citation

, passage=The only problem is that the best egg toppers , which are different from egg cutters, are an investment — the Inox professional egg topper is $55 at surlatable.com .}}

Something that exceeds those previous in a series, as a joke or prank.

A single-handed dinghy, 11 foot (3.6 metres) in length, with only one sail.

Head, chief.

(dated, slang) A fine or remarkable person.

Noun