cropper

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈkrɒpər/US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(kropər)


WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
crop•per  (kropər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person or thing that crops.
  2. a person who raises a crop.
  3. a person who cultivates land for its owner in return for part of the crop;
    sharecropper.
  4. Agriculturea plant that furnishes a crop.
  5. Textilesa cloth-shearing machine.
  6. Idioms come a cropper, [Informal.]
    • to fail;
      be struck by some misfortune:His big deal came a cropper.
    • to fall headlong, esp. from a horse.
  • crop + -er1 1475–85

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
cropper / ˈkrɒpə/
  1. a person who cultivates or harvests a crop
  2. come a cropper to fall heavily
  3. to fail completely
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