clodhopper
English
noun
Definitions
- A strong shoe for heavy-duty use, a boot.
- (US) Any kind of shoe.
- (military slang) United States Navy ankle length work shoes, distinct from dress shoes or combat boots.
- A peasant or yokel.
- (UK) A clumsy or foolish person.
- Wheatear; any of various passerine birds.
Etymology
Compound from English clod + English hopper.
Origin
English
hopper
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- barhopper English
- bellhopper English
- clod English
- clodcrusher English
- cloddish English
- cloddy English
- clodpate English
- clodpated English
- clodpole English
- flaghopper English
- freighthopper English
- froghopper English
- grasshopper English
- groundhopper English
- hedgehopper English
- hop English
- hopper English
- job-hopper English
- landhopper English
- planthopper English
- rockhopper English
- sandhopper English
- tablehopper English
- treehopper English
- clod Middle English
- hoppere Middle English