Hŏp’per, n.
n. [See Hop.] 1. One who hops, or leaps on one leg.
Sense 2. A wooden trough through which grain passes into a mill by jolting or shaking: a receptacle from which any thing passes into a mill to be ground, and the like.
Sense 3. A vessel in which seed-corn is carried for sowing.
Sense 4. (pl.) A play in which a person hops on one leg; — called also hop-scotch. Johnson.