grasshopper

1. (figuratively) A young student in the initial stages of training who has been chosen on account of their obvious talent.Examples: "Although we don't know exactly why Li is chosen to dance, we witness a man assuring officials that the child isn't from bourgeois stock. Phew. There are no known landowners in the family, so the grasshopper passes some cultural purity test, in a state often fixated on class warfare, driven by the cult of personality, and bullied by paranoia."figuratively

2. (slang, drugs) A frequent user of marijuana.slang

3. (music) In ordinary square or upright pianos of London make, the escapement lever or jack, so made that it can be taken out and replaced with the key.Examples: "John Geib […]patented the hopper with two separate escapements, one of which soon became adopted in the grasshopper of the square piano"Synonyms: hopper