bumper crop
An excess of something; a large yield.
The kindergarten seems to have a bumper crop of new children this year.
crop
UK /kɹɒp/ US /kɹɒp/
noun 5verb 5
Definitions
noun
1
A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
The farmer had to decide which crop to grow as his main bet for the coming year. Would it be barley, oats, or something else?
2
The production amount of such an output for a specific season or year, particularly of plants.
It was a good crop of oats this year. What a nice change after last year's crop!
3
A group, cluster, or collection of things occurring at the same time.
The decade produced a whole crop of ideas about space travel.
The university had an exceptional crop of graduates in 1892, including three who went on to win Nobel Prizes.
4
A group of vesicles at the same stage of development in a disease.
The patient had a crop of bumps indicative of chicken pox.
5
The lashing end of a whip.
verb
1
To remove the top end of something, especially a plant.
I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one.
2
To mow, reap or gather.
3
To cut (especially hair or an animal's tail or ears) short.
And the knave who refuses to drink till he fall, / Why the hangman shall crop him — ears, love-locks, and all.
4
To remove the outer parts of a photograph or other image, typically in order to frame the subject better.
Reduce to six inches wide and crop to eight inches high.
You'll see that when you enlarge a subject to many times its normal size, and then crop the photo so there is nothing in proportion to be recognized, all resemblance to the original can be hidden.
5
To yield harvest.
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