Grasshopper
['grɑːshɒpə] or ['ɡræshɑpɚ]
Definition
(noun.) terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping.
(noun.) a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao).
Edited by Barbie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Any jumping, orthopterous insect, of the families Acrididae and Locustidae. The species and genera are very numerous. The former family includes the Western grasshopper or locust (Caloptenus spretus), noted for the great extent of its ravages in the region beyond the Mississippi. In the Eastern United States the red-legged (Caloptenus femurrubrum and C. atlanis) are closely related species, but their ravages are less important. They are closely related to the migratory locusts of the Old World. See Locust.
(n.) 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 hopper.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of seeing grasshoppers on green vegetables, denotes that enemies threaten your best interests. If on withered grasses, ill health. Disappointing business will be experienced. If you see grasshoppers between you and the sun, it denotes that you will have a vexatious problem in your immediate business life to settle, but using caution it will adjust itself in your favor. To call peoples' attention to the grasshoppers, shows that you are not discreet in dispatching your private business.
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Examples
- It means grasshopper soup. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- A pleasing fiction, by the way, for Jo had no more idea of music than a grasshopper. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It means grasshopper soup, the favorite dish of the Digger tribe,--and of the Pi-utes as well. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- About the same time his assistant, Murdock, completed and tried a model locomotive driven by a grasshopper engine. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He looked like a grasshopper in a fit when he did the new step. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- It had vertical cylinders of thirty-six inch stroke, with overhead grasshopper beams and connecting rods. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Lizards, grasshoppers, and ants were the only living things to be beheld. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Tahoe means grasshoppers. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Grasshoppers skipped briskly in the sere grass, and crickets chirped like fairy pipers at a feast. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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