[n. out-krop; v. out-krop] 
noun, verb, -cropped, -crop⋅ping.| 1. | Geology.
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| 2. | something that emerges suddenly or violently in the manner of an outcrop; outbreak: an outcrop of student demonstrations. |
| 3. | to crop out, as strata. |
| out·crop (out'krŏp') n. A portion of bedrock or other stratum protruding through the soil level. intr.v. (out-krŏp') out·cropped, out·crop·ping, out·crops To protrude above the soil, as rock formations. [out + crop, to appear on the surface.] |