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- [kop]
- /kɒp/
- /kɒp/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [kop]
- /kɒp/
Definitions of cop word
- countable noun cop A cop is a policeman or policewoman. 3
- noun cop an arrest (esp in the phrase a fair cop) 3
- noun cop an instance of plagiarism 3
- verb cop to seize or catch 3
- verb cop to steal 3
- verb cop to buy, steal, or otherwise obtain (illegal drugs) 3
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Origin of cop
First appearance:
before 1695 One of the 49% oldest English words
1695-1705; compare cap (obsolete) to arrest, Scots cap to seize ≪ dialectal Old French caper to take, ultimately < Latin capere
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Parts of speech for Cop
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
cop popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 88% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
cop usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cop
noun cop
- deputy — A deputy is the second most important person in an organization such as a business or government department. Someone's deputy often acts on their behalf when they are not there.
- sheriff — the law-enforcement officer of a county or other civil subdivision of a state.
- patrolman — a police officer who is assigned to patrol a specific district, route, etc.
- policeman — a member of a police force or body.
- fuzz — loose, light, fibrous, or fluffy matter.
verb cop
- obtain — to come into possession of; get, acquire, or procure, as through an effort or by a request: to obtain permission; to obtain a better income.
- snipe — any of several long-billed game birds of the genera Gallinago (Capella) and Limnocryptes, inhabiting marshy areas, as G. gallinago (common snipe) of Eurasia and North America, having barred and striped white, brown, and black plumage.
- walk off with — to advance or travel on foot at a moderate speed or pace; proceed by steps; move by advancing the feet alternately so that there is always one foot on the ground in bipedal locomotion and two or more feet on the ground in quadrupedal locomotion.
- acquire — If you acquire something, you buy or obtain it for yourself, or someone gives it to you.
- get hold of — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
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