Grasshop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Grasshop is a noun meaning (now rare, dialectal) A grasshopper.
Meaning
(now rare, dialectal) A grasshopper.
More Meanings
- (ambitransitive) To move erratically here and there, like a grasshopper.
Example Sentences
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.
But by the scorched bank-sides i' thy footsteps still I go plodding: Hedge-rows hot do resound with grasshops mournfully squeaking.
The margin was illumined all with golden rails And bees, enpictured with grasshops and wasps, With butterflies and fresh peacock tails, Engloried with flowers and slimy snails; [...]
[...] between a gulp and a vomit, when they're looking at you like you're the dumb one so you can't keep on staring at them. Maybe she ate grasshops. Maybe somebody put out food. I put out food.
Word Forms
- grasshops
- grasshopping
- grasshopped
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include grasseater, graff, grane, grist, glagah, graine.
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