Grasshop

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A grasshopper. archaic, dialectal

    "But by the scorched bank-sides i' thy footsteps still I go plodding: Hedge-rows hot do resound with grasshops mournfully squeaking."

Verb
  1. 1
    To move erratically here and there, like a grasshopper. ambitransitive

    "It grasshops over the grass and bounds skyward. A matron crams a fresh stick of gum into her mouth and chews her words up with it."

Synonyms

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grasshopper

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"But by the scorched bank-sides i' thy footsteps still I go plodding: Hedge-rows hot do resound with grasshops mournfully squeaking."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English grashoppe, grashope, from Old English græshoppa (“grasshopper”). More at grasshopper.

Etymology 2

Back-formation from grasshopper.

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