English Explanatory Dictionary

cropper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A fall, a tumble; a decided failure.
noun
  1. A breed of domestic pigeon with large crop.
noun
  1. A person who nurtures and gathers a crop.
  2. A variety of plant producing a good harvest.
noun
  1. A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.
name
  1. An English surname originating as an occupation for a cropper.
  2. An unincorporated community in Shelby County, Kentucky, United States, named after founder James Cropper.
  3. A hamlet in Osleston and Thurvaston parish, South Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK2335).

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cropper.wav

Word forms

cropper croppers

Etymology

See come a cropper.

Derived words

come a cropper go a cropper heathcropper bolt cropper
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