Synonyms for grasshopper

Grammar : Noun

Spell : gras-hop-er, grahs-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræsˌhɒp ər, ˈgrɑs-

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Définition of grasshopper

Origin : mid-14c. (late 13c. as a surname), earlier greshoppe (c.1200), from Old English gærshoppa; see grass + hop. Cf. Middle Swedish gräshoppare, German Grashüpfer. As a term of reproach, from Eccl. xii:5. Also recorded c.1300 as a name for the hare.

As in insect : noun bug
As in locust : noun insect

Example sentences :

You are thinner than a grasshopper, and you won't make it any heavier.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

The grasshopper is banished to the garden and the Cheshire Cat smiles all over her face.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

The same type of mouth as the grasshopper has will be found among the beetles.
Extract from : « The Meaning of Evolution » by Samuel Christian Schmucker

There, in plain sight, he took the bait, as a trout might have taken a grasshopper.
Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey

He wants me to train him for his go with Grasshopper Jake, and I did.
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

Think of that, with the Grasshopper as groggy as a five days old calf!
Extract from : « Shorty McCabe » by Sewell Ford

She was knee-high to a grasshopper, and I was shoulder-high.
Extract from : « If You Touch Them They Vanish » by Gouverneur Morris

He answered that he was in search of adventures, and that his name was "Grasshopper."
Extract from : « The Indian Fairy Book » by Cornelius Mathews

Grasshopper thanked him, and told him that he was in search of more adventures.
Extract from : « The Indian Fairy Book » by Cornelius Mathews

All took the alarm, and off they ran, Grasshopper with the rest.
Extract from : « The Indian Fairy Book » by Cornelius Mathews

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