cop
noun
[ kɒp ]
• a police officer.
• "a cop in a patrol car gave chase"
Similar:
police officer,
policeman,
policewoman,
officer of the law,
law-enforcement officer/agent,
officer,
constable,
patrolman,
trooper,
roundsman,
peace officer,
kotwal,
gendarme,
jack,
uniform,
copper,
bobby,
rozzer,
busy,
bizzy,
plod,
PC Plod,
bear,
walloper,
demon,
flic,
flatfoot,
bogey,
flattie,
woodentop,
pig,
peeler,
runner,
bluebottle,
finger,
the police,
the police force,
the forces of law and order,
the constabulary,
the law,
the fuzz,
the boys in blue,
the long arm of the law,
the (Old) Bill,
the force,
the heat,
the filth,
Babylon,
• shrewdness; practical intelligence.
• "he had the cop-on to stay clear of Hugh Thornley"
cop
verb
• catch or arrest (an offender).
• "he was copped for speeding"
• receive or attain (something welcome).
• "she copped an award for her role in the film"
• strike (an attitude or pose).
• "I copped an attitude—I acted real tough"
Origin:
early 18th century (as a verb): perhaps from obsolete cap ‘arrest’, from Old French caper ‘seize’, from Latin capere . The noun is from copper2.
cop
noun
• a conical mass of thread wound on to a spindle.
Origin:
late 18th century: possibly from Old English cop ‘summit, top’.
COP
abbreviation
• Colombian peso(s).
