1. n.1 a person who hops.
2 a hopping arthropod, esp. a flea or cheese-maggot or young locust.
3 a a container tapering downward (orig. having a hopping motion) through which grain passes into a mill. b a similar contrivance in various machines.
4 a a barge carrying away mud etc. from a dredging-machine and discharging it. b a railway truck able to discharge coal etc. through its floor.2. n. a hop-picker.