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cop

The correct spelling is cop.

How to pronounce cop

/kɒp/
noun

IPA: /kɒp/

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The correct spelling is cop. A spider. For example: "When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father"

Usage Examples

When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father

Harold copped to being known as "Dirty Harry".

The stature is bowed down in age, the cop is depressed.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.A spider.
  2. 2.(law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.
  3. 3.(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
  4. 4.The top, summit, especially of a hill.
  5. 5.The crown (of the head); also the head itself.

verb

  1. 1.To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
  2. 2.To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
  3. 3.(trainspotting) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
  4. 4.To steal.
  5. 5.To adopt.

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