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Grasshopper

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Noun

1. grasshopper, hopper

terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

2. grasshopper

a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Grasshopper

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noun
1. 
any orthopterous insect of the families Acrididae (short-horned grasshoppers) and Tettigoniidae (long-horned grasshoppers), typically terrestrial, feeding on plants, and producing a ticking sound by rubbing the hind legs against the leathery forewings
See also locust (sense 1), katydid
2.  knee-high to a grasshopper
3. 
an iced cocktail of equal parts of crème de menthe, crème de cacao, and cream
4. (modifier)
unable to concentrate on any one subject for long
a grasshopper mind

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Grasshopper

see synonyms of grasshopper
noun
1. 
any of various families (esp. Acrididae) of leaping, plant-eating orthopteran insects with powerful hind legs adapted for jumping
2. 
a cocktail made of green crème de menthe, cream, and, usually colorless crème de cacao
3.  US, Slang Mil
a small, light airplane for scouting, liaison, and observation

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Grasshopper

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n.
1. Any of numerous orthopteran insects, chiefly of the suborder Caelifera, characteristically having long, powerful hind legs adapted for jumping.
2. A light, usually unarmed airplane used for liaison and scouting.
3. A cocktail consisting of crème de menthe, crème de cacao, and cream.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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