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

Peptide parties — social gatherings where attendees mingle, chat about peptides and perhaps sample a few — have cropped up lately in San Francisco and other cities with large concentrations of the wellness-curious. — Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026

But various problems have cropped up over the years, pushing things back. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 11 Nov. 2026

Grassroots campaigns cropped up in communities nationwide, raising concerns about the local implications of massive new AI data center projects. — Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 11 Nov. 2026

At this point, the US imports almost no solar cells or other core components from China, and imports of panels from anywhere recently hit a seven-year low now that more US module assembly factories are cropping up. — Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 10 Nov. 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