Advertisement
Advertisement
cop
1[kop]
noun
a person who seeks to regulate a specified behavior, activity, practice, etc..
Once we have the government dictating language usage, then we'll start getting language cops.
cop
2[kop]
verb phrase
Slang
to avoid one's responsibility, the fulfillment of a promise, etc.; renege; back out (often followed by on orof ).
He never copped out on a friend in need.
You agreed to go, and you can't cop out now.
cop a plea.
cop
3[kop]
noun
a conical mass of thread, yarn, etc., wound on a spindle.
British Dialect.the top or tip of something, as the crest of a hill.
COP
4abbreviation
cop.
5abbreviation
copper.
copyright; copyrighted.
Cop.
6abbreviation
Copernican.
Coptic.
cop
1/ ɒ /
noun
another name for policeman
an arrest (esp in the phrase a fair cop )
an instance of plagiarism
verb
to seize or catch
to steal
to buy, steal, or otherwise obtain (illegal drugs) Compare score
Also: cop it.to suffer (a punishment)
you'll cop a clout if you do that!
slang
to accept a penalty without complaint
to have good fortune
cop
2/ ɒ /
noun
a conical roll of thread wound on a spindle
dialectthe top or crest, as of a hill
COP
3abbreviation
Certificate of Proficiency: a pass in a university subject
cop
4/ ɒ /
noun
slang(usually used with a negative) worth or value
that work is not much cop
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cop2
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of cop1
Origin of cop2
Origin of cop3
Idioms and Phrases
cop a plea,
to plead guilty or confess in return for receiving a lighter sentence.
to plead guilty to a lesser charge as a means of bargaining one's way out of standing trial for a more serious charge; plea-bargain.
Example Sentences
Street cops say commanders held them back, fearing violent clashes would produce an endless stream of Rodney Kings.
According to the complaint, in an interview with a Border Patrol agent later, Gomez said he ran away from the agents on instinct when he saw the “cop car.”
As it turns out, the "law and order" president who pardoned all his supporters who mercilessly beat up cops on Jan. 6 is that same kind of guy.
On the streets over the weekend, local cops often found themselves playing defense while confronting unruly crowds.
It’s easy to chuck rocks at a cop car.
Advertisement
When To Use
A cop is an informal term for a police officer.As a verb, cop is used in a variety of slang expressions meaning "grab" or "obtain," from copping a feel on someone (not recommended) to copping out on going to a party (meaning “not going”) to copping to (meaning “confessing to”) eating the last slice of pizza.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse
