bumper crop en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈbʌmpəɹ ˌkɹɑp/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈbʌmpə ˌkɹɒp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Etymology
From bumper (“(noun) thing which is particularly abundant, excellent, or large; (adjective) particularly abundant, excellent, or large”) + crop, originally referring to a very large harvest of a crop.
Meanings
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(idiomatic) An excess of something; a large yield.
And then the Gay Rights Movement took over and I watched a new generation of homos coming down the assembly line. The Anita Bryant and John Briggs madness of the late '70s brought a bumper crop of new activists onto the scene who were different than the Gay Lib queers.
1991 February 11, Eric R. Rofes, “My Life As A Queer”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 29, page 10:The kindergarten seems to have a bumper crop of new children this year.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bumper crops | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (10)
es cosecha pingüe (excess of something) · de Rekordernte (excess of something) · fi ennätyssato (excess of something) · es cosecha récord (excess of something) · ja 豊作 (excess of something) · es cosecha abundante (excess of something) · pl obfity plon (excess of something) · ru небыва́лый урожа́й (excess of something) · ig ihe ọkụkụ nke Bumper (excess of something) · ru большо́й урожа́й (excess of something)