grasshopper

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Synonyms for grasshopper

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locust

noun. insect

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for grasshopper

You are thinner than a grasshopper, and you won't make it any heavier.

The grasshopper is banished to the garden and the Cheshire Cat smiles all over her face.

The same type of mouth as the grasshopper has will be found among the beetles.

There, in plain sight, he took the bait, as a trout might have taken a grasshopper.

He wants me to train him for his go with Grasshopper Jake, and I did.

Think of that, with the Grasshopper as groggy as a five days old calf!

She was knee-high to a grasshopper, and I was shoulder-high.

"We must have a little trial of speed, now," said Grasshopper.

Grasshopper thanked him, and told him that he was in search of more adventures.

It did not take Grasshopper a long time to resolve what he should do.

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