cop
The definition of cop is a spindle of thread or yarn, or is slang for police officer.
(noun)- An example of a cop is thread round around a spindle in a cone shape.
- An example of a cop is a person who gives traffic tickets.
Cop is defined as to buy drugs, or to capture or steal.
(verb)An example of cop is to take a person's bike without asking.
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See cop in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- Now Dial. the top or crest, as of a hill
- a cone-shaped roll of thread or yarn coiled round a spindle
Origin: ME & OE cop, prob. akin to Ger kopf & Du kop, head < LL cuppa: see cup
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See cop in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
Informal
- A police officer.
- 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).
Origin:
Origin: Short for copper2
.transitive verb copped copped, cop·ping, cops
- To take unlawfully or without permission; steal. See Synonyms at steal.
- a. To get hold of; gain or win: a show that copped four awards; copped a ticket to the game.b. To take or catch: “copped a quick look at the gentleman in a caramel cashmere sport coat on the right” (Gail Sheehy).
Origin:
Origin: Probably variant of cap, to catch
Origin: , from Old French caper
Origin: , from Latin capere; see capture
.noun
- A cone-shaped or cylindrical roll of yarn or thread wound on a spindle.
- Chiefly British A summit or crest, as of a hill.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English, summit
Origin: , from Old English
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