grasshopper

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A mostly herbivorous insect of the order Orthoptera, noted for its ability to jump long distances and for the habit of some species communicating by stridulation; they are related to but distinct from crickets.

   “But it is as a destroyer of grasshoppers that the dickcissel excels.”

2. isim In the strict sense, refers to insects in the suborder Caelifera, particularly those in the family Acrididae.
3. isim In a looser sense, also includes the katydids (also known as longhorned grasshoppers or bush crickets), which are members of the family Tettigoniidae, of the suborder Ensifera.
4. isim A cocktail made with crème de menthe and optionally with crème de cacao.

   “Does he order Scotch-on-the-rocks in a low, mean voice? No? A Bud? No? A grasshopper, heavy on the creme de menthe? Right!”

5. isim A young student in the initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent.
6. isim A frequent user of marijuana.
7. isim In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.

   “John Geib […]patented the hopper with two separate escapements, one of which soon became adopted in the grasshopper of the square piano”

8. isim A fairy chess piece which moves orthogonally or diagonally, but must hop over a piece to move or capture, landing one square beyond the hopped piece.
9. fiil Of a crop, to be ruined or destroyed by grasshoppers.
10. fiil To move a riverboat over an obstruction, such as a sandbar.
11. fiil Of an animal, to hunt and eat grasshoppers.