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grasshopper

[ gras-hop-er ]

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noun

any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, especially 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. Compare locust ( def 1 ), long-horned grasshopper.
a small, light airplane used on low-flying missions, as for reconnaissance.
Grass·hop·per, Military. 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 feet (107 meters).
a cocktail of light cream, green crème de menthe, and white crème de menthe or crème de cacao.

grasshopper

/ ˈɡrɑːsˌhɒpə /

See locust, katydid
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 also locust katydid
knee-high to a grasshopper informal.
knee-high to a grasshopper very young or very small
an iced cocktail of equal parts of crème de menthe, crème de cacao, and cream
modifier unable to concentrate on any one subject for long
a grasshopper mind

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English; grass ( def ), hopper ( def )

Like Bieber, Assaf was discovered when he was still knee-high to a grasshopper.

If the future reneges, people may decide that they might as well be a grasshopper, since the ant gets just as screwed.

In some tellings, the grasshopper dies; in some, the ant saves him.

At last the sermon commenced, and Llewellyn, who had imprisoned a grasshopper in a paper cage, suddenly let it hop out.

He nearly betrayed himself once by shouting from his window at a boy who was torturing a grasshopper.

The grasshopper-lark chirps all night in the height of summer.

She felt as awkward as a limping grasshopper in a crowd of butterflies.

Then the grasshopper talks and is followed by others, each giving his view of life from his own individual standpoint.

April 24, 2024gallimaufry

[gal-uh-maw-free ]

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