UPCROPPING Definition & Meaning

upcropping

[ uhp-krop-ing ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

an act of cropping up; appearance; growth:
an upcropping of corn.

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Origin of upcropping¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; up- + cropping , after verb phrase crop up; crop

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When a publisher finds himself with that rare phenomenon, an instantly successful new magazine, whatever its type, he must expect a quick upcropping of imitations.

From Time Magazine Archive

Was it the sudden upcropping of some lower stratum in my nature—a brutal primitive instinct suddenly asserting itself?

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