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The correct spelling is cop.
How to pronounce cop
/kɒp/
nounIPA: /kɒp/
Say it like: Cop
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.A spider.
- 2.(law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.
- 3.(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
- 4.The top, summit, especially of a hill.
- 5.The crown (of the head); also the head itself.
verb
- 1.To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
- 2.To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
- 3.(trainspotting) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
- 4.To steal.
- 5.To adopt.
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