(krop′ər) noun
1. One who raises crops on shares.
2. A tool or machine that crops.
3. A plant that produces a crop: generally with good, bad, heavy, etc.: Corn is a heavy cropper in Kansas.

(krop′ər) noun
A fall, as from a horse when one is thrown over the horse's head.
—to come a cropper
1. To fall headlong, as from a horse.
2. To fail disastrously in an undertaking. [? <neck and crop completely, thoroughly]