bumper crop
An excess of something; a large yield.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“The farmers are happy because they have a bumper crop this year.”
“We have a bumper crop of tomatoes in our small garden this summer.”
“The store offers a bumper crop of discounts during the holiday sale.”
“After a season of perfect rain and sunshine, the orchard produced a bumper crop of apples that filled every basket.”
“The local library received a bumper crop of book donations this month, so they had to set up extra tables in the lobby.”
“The tech company is hiring many new graduates because they have a bumper crop of projects to finish by December.”
“The region enjoyed a bumper crop of wheat, which stabilized local food prices and allowed the community to export the surplus to neighboring provinces.”
From the noun bumper, denoting a thing of particular abundance or excellence, combined with crop to describe a remarkably large harvest. The term emerged from the sense of a bumper as something unusually large, with the compound being used to record agricultural yields that exceeded the standard expectation.
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cream of the crop
The best or most desirable among some selection.
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cream the crop
To pick out the most valuable or desirable things or people from a group for one's own interests.
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crop up
To occur, especially suddenly or unexpectedly.
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ride one's bumper
To tailgate.
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specialty crop
Any of various crops cultivated for, or managed and gathered for, human use (in food, personal hygiene, medicine, or decoration) rather than as animal feed, fodder, or forage.
Last updated August 10, 2026