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GRAHSH-op-uh/ˈɡrɑːshɒpə/

A grasshopper is a green insect that jumps high and often makes a noise in long grass in summer. Countable: a grasshopper, grasshoppers. A frog also jumps but lives near water and is an animal, not an insect. A cricket is similar — later word. Not grass (the plant) alone.

Meaning

A green insect that jumps high and makes a noise in grass.

Examples

• “A grasshopper jumped onto the path.”
• “A grasshopper landed on her shoe.”
• “We heard grasshoppers in the field.”

Good to know

a grasshopper (jumping insect). Contrast: frog (not an insect). Place: grass, summer.

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