any orthopterous insect of the families Acrididae (short-horned grasshoppers) and Tettigoniidae (long-horned grasshoppers), typically terrestrial, feeding on plants, and producing a ticking sound by rubbing the hind legs against the leathery forewings
See alsolocust 1
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grass•hop•per /ˈgræsˌhɑpɚ/USA pronunciation
n. [countable]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- Insectsa plant-eating insect having large hind legs used for leaping.
grass•hop•per
(gras′hop′ər, gräs′-),USA pronunciation n.
- Insectsany of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, esp. of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to vegetation. Cf. locust (def. 1), long-horned grasshopper.
- a small, light airplane used on low-flying missions, as for reconnaissance.
- Military(cap.) a U.S. antipersonnel mine that jumps off the ground when activated by proximate body heat and sprays shrapnel over a lethal radius of 350 ft. (107 m).
- Winea cocktail of light cream, green crème de menthe, and white crème de menthe or crème de cacao.
- 1275–1325; Middle English; see grass, hopper
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'grasshopper' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Jerusalem cricket
- Mormon cricket
- Tithonus
- acridid
- chirr
- clodhopper
- grasshopper engine
- grasshopper pie
- grasshopper sparrow
- grig
- hopper
- katydid
- locust
- long-horned grasshopper
- lubber grasshopper
- plains grasshopper
- redlegged grasshopper
- saltatorial
- short-horned grasshopper
- spring
- tettigoniid
- trill