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grasshopper
noun as in insect
noun as in locust
Strong match
Example Sentences
“They said, ‘Sit down, Grasshopper.
Of the thousands of shorter items were also found in Darwin's library, such as an issue of a German scientific periodical sent to him in 1877 that contained the first published photographs of bacteria and another article amusingly entitled The hateful or Colorado grasshopper.
Malaria, climate change, and the 'grasshopper effect'
DDT can travel vast distances through what is known as the 'grasshopper effect,' evaporating with warm air and returning to Earth with rain and snow in colder regions, where it persists in the Arctic food chain.
"If someone reported us, we'd pick up the food and run, like a grasshopper," he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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