Definition
To jump or move with quick, bounding leaps like a grasshopper.
Etymology
Blend or variant of 'grasshopper' (from 'grass' + 'hopper,' one who hops) combined with 'hop' (Old English 'hopian'). Primarily literary or dialectal, appearing in 19th-century texts.
Kelly Says
This word captures something grasshoppers actually do brilliantly—their back legs contain special spring-like proteins that store and release energy, allowing them to jump 20 times their body length in a single bound.
Translations
DADansk
græshopper
græs-hop-per
DEDeutsch
Heuschrecke
hoy-sh-re-ke
ELΕλληνικά
καμπύλη
kam-pi-li
ESEspañol
saltamontes
sal-ta-mon-tes
FAفارسی
کرم ابریشم
kar-m a-bri-sham
FISuomi
suonhepo
suo-n-he-po
FRFrançais
criquet
kri-k-e
GUGU
છાપનું કાઠું
chhap-nu ka-th-un
HAHA
guguwarin
gu-gu-wa-rin
HEעברית
צפרדע
tza-f-ra-de
IDBahasa Indonesia
jangkrik
jan-krik
ITItaliano
grillo
gri-llo
KKKK
дала тесігі
da-la te-si-gi
MRMR
हिरवी कपाळी
hi-ree ka-pa-lee
MSBahasa Melayu
jangkrik
jan-krik
MYမြန်မာ
ပြောင်းငါး
pya-ng-nga
NLNederlands
sprinkhaan
spr-ink-haan
NONorsk
gresshopper
gress-hop-per
PAPA
ਗਿੱ Onions
g-i-n-ions
PLPolski
szarańcza
sza-ran-cza
RUРусский
кузнечик
kuz-ne-chik
SVSvenska
gräshoppa
gräs-hop-pa
SWKiswahili
nyoka
ny-o-ka
TEతెలుగు
గడ్డిపూచి
gaddi-poo-chi
UKУкраїнська
коник
ko-nik
VITiếng Việt
bọ rùa
bo rua
YOYO
ẹ̀rọ̀ ìlọ́wọ́
e-ro i-lo-wo
ZUZU
umfula we-ntambama
um-fu-la we-n-tam-ba-ma