n. & v. sl.
—n.
1 a policeman.
2 Brit. a capture or arrest (it's a fair cop).
—v.tr. (copped, copping)
1 catch or arrest (an offender).
2 receive, suffer.
3 take, seize.
Phrases and idioms:
cop it 1 get into trouble; be punished.
2 be killed. cop out 1 withdraw; give up an attempt.
2 go back on a promise.
3 escape.
cop-out n.
1 a cowardly or feeble evasion.
2 an escape; a way of escape. cop-shop a police station. not much (or no) cop Brit. of little or no value or use.
Etymology: perh. f. obs. cap arrest f. OF caper seize f. L capere: (n.) cf. COPPER(2)
2.
n. (in spinning) a conical ball of thread wound on a spindle.
Etymology: OE cop summit
Useful english dictionary. 2012.