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cop (käp)

noun

  1. Now Dial. the top or crest, as of a hill
  2. a cone-shaped roll of thread or yarn coiled round a spindle

Etymology: ME & OE cop, prob. akin to Ger kopf & Du kop, head < LL cuppa: see cup

cop2 definition

cop (käp)

transitive verb copped, copping cop′·ping

  1. to seize, capture, win, steal, etc.
  2. to buy (drugs)

Etymology: < north Brit dial. form of obs. cap, to seize; prob. < OFr caper < L capere, to take: see have

noun

Slang a policeman

Etymology: see copper

cop Idioms

cop a plea

☆
Slang to plead guilty to a criminal charge, esp. so as to get a lighter sentence

cop out

☆ Slang
  1. to confess to the police, often implicating another
    1. to go back (on a promise, commitment, etc.); back down; renege
    2. to give up; quit; surrender
cop3 definition

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