cops
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/kɒps/
English
Definitions
noun
- A spider.
verb
- To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.“When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father”
- (trainspotting) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
- To steal.
noun
- (law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.
noun
- (crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
- The top, summit, especially of a hill.
- The crown (of the head); also the head itself.“The stature is bowed down in age, the cop is depressed.”
- A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
noun
- The connecting crook of a harrow.