cropper
/ˈkrɒpə/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈkrɒpə/
cropper
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
- Ending
- Final r is pronounced in US English
crop - per -> cropper
Myanmar meaning
(n) ကျွမ်းထိုးမှောက်ခုံကျသည်။ ဆုံးရှုံးသည်။ ထိခိုက်နစ်နာ သည်။ ပျက်စီးသည်။
Full entry
❏ come a cropper [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ ကျွမ်းထိုးမှောက်ခုံကျသည်။
၂။ ဆုံးရှုံးသည်။ ထိခိုက်နစ်နာ သည်။ ပျက်စီးသည်။
Foreign investors came a cropper.
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Synonyms
Catch-22, Reaper, abatement, agriculturalist, agriculturist, agronomist, anticlimax, backsliding, bar, barrier, blockade, blow, boor, brake, breeder, bug, bumpkin, catch, clodhopper, clog, cob, collapse, comedown, comeuppance, country person, countryman/woman, crash, crimp, crunch, cultivator, curb, decay, decline, decrepitude, defeat, deflation, degeneracy, degeneration, demotion, descent, deterioration, devolution, difficulty, diminution, disadvantage, disappointment, discomfiture, dissolution, dive, down, downfall, downgrade, downturn, drag, drawback, drop, dwindling, ebb, ebbing, enfeeblement, failing, failure, fall, falling off, farmer, farmhand, feeder, fix, flop, gardener, gleaner, glitch, grazer, grower, hamper, harvester, hayseed, hick, hired hand, hitch, holdup, hole, homesteader, horticulturist, humiliation, hurdle, impediment, inconvenience, knot, laborer, lapse, lessening, letdown, obstacle, obstruction, on the skids, peasant, peon, pickle, planter, plower, pratfall, problem, producer, provincial, puzzler, raises animals, rancher, recession, relapse, reverse, rube, ruin, rustic, scrape, senility, serf, setback, sharecropper, skids, slump, sower, spot, stumbling block, tender, the rub, tight spot, tiller, undoing, villein, wane, waning, weakening, worsening, wreck
Antonyms
accomplishment, achievement, advantage, aid, ascent, assistance, attainment, benefit, betterment, blessing, boon, boost, building, convenience, creation, development, elevation, fortune, good fortune, growth, help, improvement, increase, opening, profit, progress, promotion, rise, solution, strength, strengthening, success, triumph, upgrade, win
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