crop up

verb

cropped up; cropping up; crops up

intransitive verb

: to come or appear when not expected

New problems crop up every day.

His name crops up frequently as a potential candidate.

Examples of crop up in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Fakes from space Godin noted fake satellite imagery has already cropped up in limited cases. — Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 31 July 2026

Even as the Rock Fire was coming under control in the Eastern Sierra, new wildfires cropped up just north of it. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 27 July 2026

Peterson generated a ton of shots and had four 20-point games, but the same issues against length in the paint that troubled him at Kansas cropped up at summer league. — John Hollinger, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Since then, Jimothy has cropped up in several other videos across Seattle. — Mason Leib, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Word History

Etymology

Note: See note at crop entry 2

First Known Use

1844, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for crop up

• backup
• blowup
• breakup
• buildup
• checkup
• cleanup
• holdup
• hookup
• lineup
• lockup
• makeup
• markup