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

Your sense of self may feel unclear as emotional needs crop up. — Usa Today, USA Today, 25 June 2026

In less than a year, several firms have cropped up in India that recruit people to record first-person or egocentric videos. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 25 June 2026

Groups of amateur sleuths also cropped up in the hollows of tragedy to wrestle with the case and analyze rumors swarming the Horman family in online forums, echoing a familiar pattern of behavior on the internet in the face of long-unsolved criminal cases. — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 23 June 2026

Things have been quieter since then — other than random rumors cropping up about Valtteri Bottas’ seat and the bizarre story of the Finn’s hire car being stolen in Miami — as the team has settled into life in F1, at the back of the grid. — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 23 June 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