cop
verb/kɒp/
/kɑːp/
(informal)Verb Forms
Idioms Phrasal Verbs| present simple I / you / we / they cop | /kɒp/ /kɑːp/ |
| he / she / it cops | /kɒps/ /kɑːps/ |
| past simple copped | /kɒpt/ /kɑːpt/ |
| past participle copped | /kɒpt/ /kɑːpt/ |
| -ing form copping | /ˈkɒpɪŋ/ /ˈkɑːpɪŋ/ |
- cop something to receive or suffer something unpleasant
- He copped a lot of hassle after the accident.
- cop something to notice something
- Cop a load of this! (= Listen to this)
Word Originearly 18th cent. (as a verb): perhaps from obsolete cap ‘arrest’, from Old French caper ‘seize’, from Latin capere. The noun is from copper ‘police officer’.
Idioms
See cop in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarycop hold of something
- (British English, informal) to take hold of something
cop it (British English, slang)
- to be punished
- Will you cop it from your dad if you're late?
- to be killed
- He almost copped it in a horrific accident.
cop a plea
- (North American English, informal) to admit in court to being guilty of a small crime in the hope of receiving less severe punishment for a more serious crime
- The Feds said if I didn't cop a plea I would get 15 years.
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