noun, verb
noun (informal) a police officer:
Somebody call the cops! * children playing cops and robbers * a TV cop show
IDIOMS
not much cop (BrE, slang) not very good:
He's not much cop as a singer.
moreatFAIRadj.
verb (-pp-) [VN] (informal)
1 to receive or suffer sth unpleasant:
He copped all the hassle after the accident.
2 to notice sth:
Cop a load of this (= Listen to this)!
IDIOMS
cop hold of sth (BrE, informal) to take hold of sth
cop a plea (AmE, informal) to admit in a court of law to being guilty of a small crime in the hope of receiving less severe punishment for a more serious crime
comparePLEABARGAINING
cop it (BrE, slang)
1 to be punished
2 to be killed
PHRASALVERBS
cop off (with sb) (BrE, slang) to start a sexual or romantic experience with sb:
Who did he cop off with at the party?
cop out (of sth) (informal) to avoid or stop doing sth that you should do because you are afraid, lazy, etc:
You're not going to cop out at the last minute, are you?
relatednounCOP-OUT
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for cop is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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