Cop

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Informal A police officer.
  • n. Informal One that regulates certain behaviors or actions: "Faced with the world recession of the early 1980s, ... the World Bank ... became a stern economic taskmaster and cop” ( Richard J. Barnet).
  • v. To take unlawfully or without permission; steal. See Synonyms at steal.
  • v. To get hold of; gain or win: a show that copped four awards; copped a ticket to the game.
  • v. To take or catch: "copped a quick look at the gentleman in a caramel cashmere sport coat on the right” ( Gail Sheehy).
  • phrasal-verb. cop out To avoid fulfilling a commitment or responsibility; renege: copped out on my friends; copped out by ducking the issue.
  • idiom. cop a plea To plead guilty to a lesser charge so as to avoid standing trial for a more serious charge.
  • n. A cone-shaped or cylindrical roll of yarn or thread wound on a spindle.
  • n. Chiefly British A summit or crest, as of a hill.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A police officer or prison guard.
  • n. by extension any white male especially large and clean cut
  • n. A spider.
  • v. to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take
  • v. to (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
  • v. to steal
  • v. to adopt
  • v. (slang) to admit, especially to a crime.
  • n. The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
  • n. The top, summit, especially of a hill.
  • n. The head.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The top of a thing; the head; a crest.
  • n. A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
  • n. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
  • n. Same as Merlon.
  • n. A policeman.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The head or top of a thing; especially, the top of a hill.
  • n. A tuft on the head of birds.
  • n. A round piece of wood fixed on the top of a beehive. [Prov. Eng.]
  • n. A mound or bank; a heap of anything. [North. Eng.]
  • n. An inclosure with a ditch around it. [Prov. Eng.]
  • n. A fence. Halliwell. [Prov. Eng.]
  • n. A merlon, or portion of a battlement.
  • n. The conical ball of thread formed on the spindle of a wheel or spinning-frame. Also called coppin.
  • n. A tube upon which silk thread is sometimes wound, instead of being made into skeins.
  • n. A measure of peas, 15 sheaves in the field and 16 in the barn.
  • n. A spider.
  • n. An obsolete form of cup.
  • n. A policeman.
  • To capture or arrest as a prisoner: as, he was copped for stealing.
  • To throw underhand.
  • n. In golf, the face of a bunker.
  • n. An abbreviation of Copernican;
  • n. of Coptic;
  • n. [lowercase] of copper.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. take into custody
  • v. take by theft
  • n. uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
  • Verb Form
    copped    copping    cops   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    seize    clutch    prehend    steal    police officer    policeman    officer   
    Variant
    copped    copping    merlon   
    Form
    cop a feel    cop out    cop off    cop on    cop a plea    cop-out   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    crest    policeman    police officer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bopp    Pop    atop    bop    chop    crop    drop    flop    glop    hop   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    detective    policeman    guy    police    reporter    lawyer    officer    doctor    guard    scientist