Synonyms for grasshopper
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gras-hop-er, grahs- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgræsˌhɒp ər, ˈgrɑs- |
Top 10 synonyms for grasshopper Other synonyms for the word grasshopper
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
- 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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