in the hopper
In the process of being prepared or produced.
Already in the hopper was another bill, by Florida's stanch New Deal Senator Claude Pepper, to outlaw poll taxes altogether.
hopper
UK /ˈhɒp.ə(ɹ)/ US /ˈhɔp.ə/
noun 6name 3
Collocations
4ADJ.
own, seated, suspended, under
VERB + HOPPER
fish, use
HOPPER + NOUN
egg
PREP.
across, into, on
Definitions
noun
1
One who or that which hops.
2
A temporary storage bin, filled from the top and emptied from the bottom, often funnel-shaped.
3
A funnel-shaped section at the top of a drainpipe used to collect water, from above, from one or more smaller drainpipes.
4
A bin or device that feeds material into a machine.
5
Various insects
noun
1
A Sri Lankan pancake made from a fermented batter of rice flour, coconut milk, and palm toddy or yeast.
Hoppers come in different varieties and can be sweet or savoury, while an egg hopper has an egg in the middle added during cooking.
name
1
A surname.
2
An unincorporated community in Stronghurst Township, Henderson County, Illinois, United States.
3
An unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States.
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Synonyms
noun — (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground
- grounder
- groundball
noun — terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for l
noun — a machine used for picking hops
- hop-picker
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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I went over and found the mealies and ground covered with large hoppers, about two weeks old.
Wiktionary02
To catch a big fish, use a hopper that jumps across the pond surface.
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The fresh-water container for the house was above the ceiling directly over the toilet. One day, I was comfortably seated on the hopper minding my own business, when a large portion of the ceiling cam
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Hoppers come in different varieties and can be sweet or savoury, while an egg hopper has an egg in the middle added during cooking.
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First, they load crushed dry ice into a hopper suspended under a big helium balloon.
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