Etymology: Middle English, craw, head of a plant, yield of a field, from Old English cropp craw, head of a plant; akin to Old High German kropf goiter, craw
Date: before 12th century
1: a pouched enlargement of the gullet of many birds that serves as a receptacle for food and for its preliminary maceration; also: an enlargement of the gullet of another animal (as an insect) 2 a (1): a plant or animal or plant or animal product that can be grown and harvested extensively for profit or subsistence <an apple crop><a crop of wool>(2): the total yearly production from a specified area b: the product or yield of something formed together <the ice crop>c: a batch or lot of something produced during a particular cycle <the current crop of films>d:collection<a crop of lies> 3: the stock or handle of a whip; also: a riding whip with a short straight stock and a loop 4[2crop]a: the part of the chine of a quadruped (as a domestic cow) lying immediately behind the withers —usually used in plural — see cow illustrationb: an earmark on an animal; especially: one made by a straight cut squarely removing the upper part of the ear c: a close cut of the hair