grasshop noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •(dialect, no longer used) A grasshopper.But by the scorched bank-sides i' thy footsteps still I go plodding: Hedge-rows hot do resound with grasshops mournfully squeaking. — 1839 verb1 •To move erratically here and there, like a grasshopper.It grasshops over the grass and bounds skyward. A matron crams a fresh stick of gum into her mouth and chews her words up with it. — 1935 formsgrasshopped · grasshopping · grasshops