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Definition of grasshopper noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

grasshopper

noun

NAmE//ˈɡræsˌhɑpər//

an insect with long back legs, that can jump very high and that makes a sound with its legs

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Idioms

knee-high to a grasshopper (informal) (humorous)

very small; very young

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