Grasshopper (disambiguation)

A grasshopper is a common type of herbivorous insect.

Grasshopper may also refer to:

Places

• Grasshopper Glacier, two glaciers in the United States
• Grasshopper River, original name of the Delaware River (Kansas)
• Grasshopper Township, Atchison County, Kansas

Sports

• Grasshopper Club Zürich, a football club from Switzerland
• Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C., a rugby union team from Preston, Lancashire
• Birmingham Grasshoppers, an American soccer team from 1992 to 1996
• Greensboro Grasshoppers, a minor league baseball team in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
• The Grasshopper (horse), an eventer, foaled c. 1945
• Grasshopper Women's Masters, a women's World Curling Tour event

Music

• Grasshopper (band), a Cantopop group from Hong Kong
• Grasshopper (album), the seventh album by J. J. Cale
• Grasshopper (EP), by British band Ride
• Grasshopper (musician) (born 1967), American musician with the band Mercury Rev

Entertainment

• Grasshopper chess, a chess variant
  • Grasshopper (chess piece), a chess piece used in grasshopper chess
• Grasshopper (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero
• The Grasshopper (film), a 1969 drama starring Jacqueline Bisset and Jim Brown
• Grasshoppers (Cavallette), a short animated film
• Grasshopper (novel), by Ruth Rendell under the pen name Barbara Vine
• Grasshopper, nickname of fictional character Kwai Chang Caine in the television series Kung Fu

Vehicles

• HMS Grasshopper, name of several boats, stations and ships of the Royal Navy
• Ikarus Grasshopper, a German hang glider design
• Sopwith Grasshopper, a British two-seat touring biplane
• Slingsby Grasshopper, a British Royal Air Force training glider
• Grasshopper, one of several monoplanes flown by the United States during and after World War II, including the L-2 Grasshopper, Aeronca L-3, Piper L-4, and Stinson L-13
• XO-63 Grasshopper and L6A Grasshopper, variants of the Interstate Cadet light aircraft
• Atlantic (locomotive), nicknamed Grasshopper
• Grasshopper, a reusable rocket
• Grasshopper (car), a children's Lotus Seven type kit car

Technology

• Grasshopper escapement, a mechanical component of a clock
• Grasshopper (software), a framework to allow the use of VisualBasic and C# on a Java Application Server
• Grasshopper 3d, a visual programming language
• Grasshopper (robot weather station), developed by the US Air Force and Navy in the 1950s and deployed by parachute
• Grasshopper cannon, a British infantry weapon designed in the 18th century

Companies

• Grasshopper (banking house), London (1730-1760)
• Grasshopper Manufacture, a video game company
• Grasshopper (company), providing virtual phone system services
• The Grasshopper Company, a manufacturer of lawn mowers and related implements headquartered in Moundridge, Kansas

Drinks

• Grasshopper (cocktail), an alcoholic beverage
• Grasshöpper Wheat Ale, a beer brand produced by Big Rock Brewery

Other uses

• Operation Grasshopper, a project to look for natural resources in Suriname from the air

See also

• Jim Whitney (1857-1891), baseball pitcher nicknamed "Grasshopper Jim"