Hopper or hoppers may refer to:

Places

Hopper, Illinois Hopper is an unincorporated community in Stronghurst Township, Henderson County, Illinois Henderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 United States Census, it has a population of 7,331. Its county ...

* Hopper, West Virginia * Hopper, a mountain and valley in the Hunza–Nagar District of Pakistan * Hopper (crater), a crater on Mercury

People with the name

* Hopper (surname) *

Grace Hopper Grace Brewster Hopper (; December 9, 1906 – January 1, 1992) was an American computer scientist, mathematician, and United States Navy rear admiral. One of the first programmers of the Harvard Mark I computer, she was a pioneer of compu ...

Insects

* Hopper, the immature form of a

locust Locusts (derived from the Vulgar Latin ''locusta'', meaning grasshopper) are various species of short-horned grasshoppers in the family Acrididae that have a swarming phase. These insects are usually solitary, but under certain circumstanc ...

* Grasshopper * Hoppers, butterflies of the genus '' Platylesches'' * Leafhopper, a member of the family Cicadellidae *

Treehopper Treehoppers (more precisely typical treehoppers to distinguish them from the Aetalionidae) and thorn bugs are members of the family Membracidae, a group of insects related to the cicadas and the leafhoppers. About 3,200 species of treehoppers i ...

, a member of the family Membracidae (typical treehoppers) or Aetalionidae

Mechanical parts

* Hopper, a storage container used to dispense granular materials through the use of a chute to restrict flow, sometimes assisted by mechanical agitation **

Hopper (particulate collection container) A hopper is a large, pyramidal or cone shaped container used in industrial processes to hold particulate matter or flow-able material of any sort (like dust, gravel, nuts or seeds) and dispense these from the bottom when needed. In some specializ ...

, a large container used for dust collection ** A

paintball loader A paintball marker, also known as a paintball gun, paint gun, or simply marker, is an air gun used in the shooting sport of paintball, and the main piece of paintball equipment. Paintball markers use compressed gas, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) ...

** A

manufacturing Manufacturing is the creation or production of goods with the help of equipment, labor, machines, tools, and chemical or biological processing or formulation. It is the essence of secondary sector of the economy. The term may refer to ...

line hopper ** Part of an

agricultural aircraft An agricultural aircraft is an aircraft that has been built or converted for agricultural use – usually aerial application of pesticides (crop dusting) or fertilizer (aerial topdressing); in these roles they are referred to as "crop duster ...

to store the chemicals to be spread ** Part of a combine harvester ** Part of a

wheel tractor-scraper In civil engineering, a wheel tractor-scraper (also known as a Tournapull) is a type of heavy equipment used for earthmoving. It has a pan/hopper for loading and carrying material. The pan has a tapered horizontal front cutting edge that cuts in ...

to store the soil load **

Feeder (livestock equipment) A feeder, is a feed holder, such as fixed holder or trailer-mounted hopper, delivering feed or fodder to cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock. See also * Manger __NOTOC__ A manger or trough is a rack for fodder, or a structure or fe ...

Transportation

Hopper (spacecraft) Hopper was a proposed European Space Agency (ESA) orbital spaceplane and reusable launch vehicle. The Hopper was a FESTIP (Future European Space Transportation Investigations Programme) system study design. Hopper was one of several proposals ...

, a proposed spacecraft * Hopper, a prototype test vehicle for the

SpaceX Starship Starship is a fully reusable, super heavy-lift launch vehicle under development by SpaceX, an American aerospace company. With more than twice the thrust of the Saturn V, it is designed to be the most powerful launch vehicle ever built and the ...

Hopper balloon A hopper balloon (simply hopper) is a small, one-person hot air balloon. Unlike a conventional hot air balloon where people ride inside a basket, there is no basket on a hopper balloon. Instead, the hopper pilot usually sits on a seat or wears a h ...

, a kind of ultralight hot air balloon *

Hopper barge A hopper barge is a kind of non-mechanical ship or vessel that cannot move around by itself, unlike some other types of barges, that is designed to carry materials, like rocks, sand, soil and rubbish, for dumping into the ocean, a river or lak ...

, a kind of barge *

Hopper car A hopper car (US) or hopper wagon ( UIC) is a type of railroad freight car used to transport loose bulk commodities such as coal, ore, grain, and track ballast. Two main types of hopper car exist: covered hopper cars, which are equipped with ...

, a type of railway freight car *

Gravity wagon The gravity wagon, or slant wagon, is an angled hopper style wagon that utilizes gravity to make the unloading process easier. It is primarily used on farms for agricultural purposes, such as for holding crops or fertilizer. For easy comparison, i ...

, or slant wagon, a type of wagon that is essentially a hopper; used in agriculture *

Space hopper A space hopper (also known as a moon hopper, skippyball, kangaroo ball, bouncer, hippity hop, hoppity hop, sit and bounce, or hop ball) is a rubber ball (similar to an exercise ball) with handles which allow one to sit on it without falling off ...

, a toy: a ball with handles for bouncing on * USS ''Hopper'', a U.S. Navy destroyer

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

*Hopper, a character and the main antagonist in the animated film ''

A Bug's Life ''A Bug's Life'' is a 1998 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar Animation Studios for Walt Disney Pictures. It was the second feature-length film produced by Pixar. Directed by John Lasseter and co-directed by Andrew Stant ...

'' *H.O.P.P.E.R.S. or Hoppers, the nickname of the fictional Huerta, California, from Jaime Hernandez's ''Locas'' graphic novels published in '' Love and Rockets'' *

Franz Hopper ''Code Lyoko'' () is a French animated television series created by Thomas Romain and Tania Palumbo and produced by Antefilms Production (season 1) and MoonScoop Group (seasons 2-4) for France 3 and Canal J, with the participation of Conseil G ...

, a character in ''Code Lyoko'' * Jim Hopper (''Stranger Things''), the police chief from the Netflix science-fiction horror series ''Stranger Things''

Games

* ''Hoppers'' (game), a peg solitaire game released by Think Fun * ''Hopper'', multiple clones of the video game ''

Frogger is a 1981 arcade action game developed by Konami and manufactured by Sega. In North America, it was released by Sega/Gremlin. The object of the game is to direct a series of frogs to their homes by crossing a busy road and a hazardous rive ...

'' * Hopper, a

fairy chess piece A fairy chess piece, variant chess piece, unorthodox chess piece, or heterodox chess piece is a chess piece not used in conventional chess but incorporated into certain chess variants and some chess problems. Compared to conventional pieces, fair ...

Music

Hopper (band) Hopper were an English indie rock band formed in 1992. They first signed to Damaged Goods (the label that released the Manic Street Preachers' first official single). Their debut single was "Hunter" released on 31 January 1994. Their second, ...

, English indie rock band * The Hoppers, a Southern Gospel family ensemble

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

Dish Hopper (DVR) Dish, dishes or DISH may refer to: Culinary * Dish (food), something prepared to be eaten * Dishware, plates and bowls for eating, cutting boards, silverware Communications * Dish antenna a type of antenna * Dish Network, a satellite televisi ...

, a service of Dish Network known for its AutoHop commercial-skipping feature

Other uses

Hopper (food) Appam is a type of thin pancake originating from South India. It is made with fermented rice batter and coconut milk, traditionally cooked in an ''appachatti'', a deep pan similar in shape to a wok. It is common in the cusine of Kerala and Tam ...

or Appam or Aappam hoppers, a type of food in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Sri Lankan cuisine *

Hopper (microarchitecture) Hopper is the codename for Nvidia's GPU Datacenter microarchitecture that will be parallel release of Ada Lovelace (for the consumer segment). It is named after the American computer scientist and United States Navy Rear Admiral Grace Hopper. H ...

, codename for a microarchitecture developed by Nvidia * Hopper, one who harvests hops * Hopper, a

Lindy Hop The Lindy Hop is an American dance which was born in the Black communities of Harlem, New York City, in 1928 and has evolved since then. It was very popular during the swing era of the late 1930s and early 1940s. Lindy is a fusion of many danc ...

dancer * Hopper, an urban entry-level

drug dealer A drug is any chemical substance that causes a change in an organism's physiology or psychology when consumed. Drugs are typically distinguished from food and substances that provide nutritional support. Consumption of drugs can be via inhalati ...

or drug dealer's aide—typically a minor * Bill hopper, a wooden box on the desk of the Clerk of the United States House of Representatives in which bills or resolutions to be voted on are deposited *

Hopper crystal A hopper crystal is a form of crystal, the shape of which resembles that of a pyramidal hopper container. The edges of hopper crystals are fully developed, but the interior spaces are not filled in. This results in what appears to be a hollowed ...

, a type of crystal formation shaped like a hopper wagon