Meanings
plural bumper crops
- idiomaticAn excess of something; a large yield.
The kindergarten seems to have a bumper crop of new children this year.
1 more example
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
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish ennätyssato
- ennätyssatoexcess of something
German Rekordernte
- Rekordernteexcess of something
Japanese 豊作
- 豊作 (hōsaku)excess of something
Polish obfity plon
- obfity plonexcess of something
Russian большо́й урожа́й, небыва́лый урожа́й
- большо́й урожа́й (bolʹšój urožáj)excess of something
- небыва́лый урожа́й (nebyvályj urožáj)excess of something
Spanish cosecha abundante, cosecha récord
- cosecha abundanteexcess of something
- cosecha récordexcess of something
- cosecha pingüeexcess of something
Cite this entry
bumper crop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumper%20crop
“bumper crop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumper%20crop. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bumper crop,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bumper%20crop.
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