A container or device that holds material and releases it gradually, or an insect that moves by jumping.
Hopper comes from the verb 'hop' (to jump) plus the agent suffix '-er', originally referring to something that hops. It was extended to mean a container because grain hoppers release grain in a jumping or irregular manner.
Grasshoppers got their name because people literally described them as 'hoppers'—but the word 'hopper' also became crucial to industrial machinery, where grain hoppers revolutionized farming by automating grain distribution!
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