- cop
- copcop1 [käp]n.[ME & OE cop, prob. akin to Ger kopf & Du kop, head < LL cuppa: see CUP]1. Now Dial. the top or crest, as of a hill2. a cone-shaped roll of thread or yarn coiled round a spindlecop2 [käp]vt.copped, copping [< north Brit dial. form of obs. cap, to seize; prob. < OFr caper < L capere, to take: see HAVE] Slang1. to seize, capture, win, steal, etc.2. to buy (drugs)n.☆ [see COPPER2]Slang a policemana policeman——————☆ cop a pleaSlang to plead guilty to a criminal charge, esp. so as to get a lighter sentence——————☆ cop out Slang1. to confess to the police, often implicating another2.a) to go back (on a promise, commitment, etc.); back down; renegeb) to give up; quit; surrendercop3abbrev.copyright
English World dictionary. V. Neufeldt. 2014.