cop in English dictionary

  • cop

    Meanings and definitions of "cop"

    • (transitive, formerly dialect, now informal) To capture, get hold of, take.
    • (transitive) To steal.
    • (transitive) To adopt.
    • (intransitive, usually with "to") To admit.
    • (slang, law enforcement) A police officer.
    • (crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
    • (obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
    • (obsolete) The head.
    • (intransitive) (slang) to admit, especially to a crime.
    • (transitive) to receive, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
    • (obsolete) A spider.
    • noun
      (slang, law enforcement)
      A police officer or prison guard.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      A spider.
    • noun
      (crafts)
      The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      The top, summit, especially of a hill.
    • noun
      (obsolete)
      The crown (of the head); also the head itself. [14th-15th c.]
    • noun
      A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
    • noun
      (architecture, military)
      A merlon.
    • verb
      (transitive, formerly dialect, now informal)
      to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      to (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
    • verb
      (transitive, trainspotting, slang)
      to see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      to steal.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      to adopt.
    • verb
      (intransitive, usually with "to", slang)
      to admit, especially to a crime.
    • An officer of a law enforcement agency.
    • A male police officer.
    • cop (police officer)
    • police officer
    • noun
      uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
    • verb
      take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!"
    • verb
      take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected criminals"

    Synonyms of "cop" in English dictionary

    police officer, glom, steal are the top synonyms of "cop" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of cop

    • cop ( third-person singular simple present cops, present participle copping, simple past and past participle copped)
    • cop ( plural  cops)
    • cop (plural cops)
    • cop (third-person singular simple present cops, present participle copping, simple past and past participle copped)
  • Cop

    Meanings and definitions of "cop"

    • Cop (film)
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