hopperdozer

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noun

An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow box containing kerosene or coated with a sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels.

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Meanings

nounhopperdozer (plural hopperdozers)

plural hopperdozers

  1. An appliance for the destruction of insects, consisting of a shallow box containing kerosene or coated with a sticky substance, which may be mounted on wheels.

Origin

From hopper, as in grasshopper, doze or dose (because conceived as putting insects to sleep or as dosing them with poison), + -er.

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APA

hopperdozer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopperdozer

MLA

“hopperdozer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopperdozer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hopperdozer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hopperdozer.

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