Hopper or hoppers may refer to:

Places

Hopper, West Virginia Hopper is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Hopper is located along the Greenbrier River The Greenbrier River is a tributary of the New River, long,McNeel, William P. "Greenbrier River." ''The W ...

* Hopper, a mountain and valley in the Hunza–Nagar District of Pakistan * Hopper (crater), a crater on Mercury

People with the name

* Hopper (surname) * Grace Hopper

Insects

* Hopper, the immature form of a

locust Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin ''locusta'', meaning grasshopper) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumst ...

* Grasshopper * Hoppers, butterflies of the genus ''

Platylesches ''Platylesches'' is a genus of skipper butterflies in the family Hesperiidae Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously pl ...

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Leafhopper A leafhopper is the common name for any species from the family Cicadellidae. These minute insects, colloquially known as hoppers, are plant feeders that suck plant sap from grass, shrubs, or trees. Their hind legs are modified for jumping, and ...

, a member of the family Cicadellidae * Treehopper, a member of the family Membracidae (typical treehoppers) or Aetalionidae

Mechanical parts

* Hopper, a storage container used to dispense granular materials through the use of a chute to restrict flow, sometimes assisted by mechanical agitation **

Hopper (particulate collection container) A hopper is a large, pyramidal or cone shaped container used in industrial processes to hold particulate matter or flow-able material of any sort (like dust, gravel, nuts or seeds) and dispense these from the bottom when needed. In some specializ ...

, a large container used for dust collection ** A paintball loader ** A

manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to a ...

line hopper ** Part of an

agricultural aircraft An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use – usually aerial application of pesticides ( crop dusting) or fertilizer ( aerial topdressing); in these roles they are referred to as "crop du ...

to store the chemicals to be spread ** Part of a

combine harvester The modern combine harvester, or simply combine, is a versatile machine designed to efficiently harvest a variety of grain crops. The name derives from its combining four separate harvesting operations— reaping, threshing, gathering, and win ...

** Part of a wheel tractor-scraper to store the soil load **

Feeder (livestock equipment) A feeder, is a feed holder, such as fixed holder or trailer-mounted hopper, delivering feed or fodder to cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock. See also * Manger __NOTOC__ A manger or trough is a rack for fodder, or a structure or fee ...

Transportation

* Hopper (spacecraft), a proposed spacecraft * Hopper, a prototype test vehicle for the

SpaceX Starship Starship is a Fully-reusable orbital launch vehicle, fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX, an American aerospace company. With more than twice the thrust of the Saturn V, it is designed to be the most powe ...

* Hopper balloon, a kind of ultralight hot air balloon * Hopper barge, a kind of barge *

Hopper car A hopper car (US) or hopper wagon ( UIC) is a type of railroad freight car used to transport loose bulk commodities such as coal, ore, grain, and track ballast. Two main types of hopper car exist: covered hopper cars, which are equipped with ...

, a type of railway freight car * Gravity wagon, or slant wagon, a type of wagon that is essentially a hopper; used in agriculture * Space hopper, a toy: a ball with handles for bouncing on * USS ''Hopper'', a U.S. Navy destroyer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

*Hopper, a character and the main antagonist in the animated film ''

A Bug's Life ''A Bug's Life'' is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was the second feature-length film produced by Pixar. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew ...

'' *H.O.P.P.E.R.S. or Hoppers, the nickname of the fictional Huerta, California, from Jaime Hernandez's ''Locas'' graphic novels published in '' Love and Rockets'' * Franz Hopper, a character in ''Code Lyoko'' * Jim Hopper (''Stranger Things''), the police chief from the Netflix science-fiction horror series ''Stranger Things''

Games

* ''Hoppers'' (game), a peg solitaire game released by Think Fun * ''Hopper'', multiple clones of the video game ''

Frogger is a 1981 arcade action game developed by Konami and manufactured by Sega. In North America, it was released by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct a series of frogs to their homes by crossing a busy road and a hazardous ri ...

'' * Hopper, a

fairy chess piece A fairy chess piece, variant chess piece, unorthodox chess piece, or heterodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess but incorporated into certain chess variants and some chess problems. Compared to conventional pieces, fai ...

Music

* Hopper (band), English indie rock band *

The Hoppers The Hoppers (until 1981: Hopper Brothers and Connie) are a multi award-winning Southern Gospel group from North Carolina. They have performed together for several decades and have achieved significant popularity due to widening the playing field ...

, a Southern Gospel family ensemble

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* Dish Hopper (DVR), a service of Dish Network known for its AutoHop commercial-skipping feature

Other uses

* Hopper (food) or Appam or Aappam hoppers, a type of food in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Sri Lankan cuisine * Hopper (microarchitecture), codename for a microarchitecture developed by Nvidia * Hopper, one who harvests

hops Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant '' Humulus lupulus'', a member of the Cannabaceae family of flowering plants. They are used primarily as a bittering, flavouring, and stability agent in beer, to wh ...

* Hopper, a

Lindy Hop The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the Black communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then. It was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Lindy is a fusion of many danc ...

dancer * Hopper, an urban entry-level drug dealer or drug dealer's aide—typically a minor * Bill hopper, a wooden box on the desk of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives in which bills or resolutions to be voted on are deposited * Hopper crystal, a type of crystal formation shaped like a hopper wagon