cops

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See also: còps

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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cops

  1. plural of cop
  2. (slang, with the) The police, considered as a group entity.
    • 1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy:
      "Maybe he'll git the cops after you, Jack." "I'll watch out fer dat, Nick, an' you must watch out too," answered Jack Sagger.
    • 1976, Jacques Levy, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Hurricane”, in Desire, performed by Bob Dylan:
      I saw them leaving,” he says, and he stops / “One of us had better call up the cops” / And so Patty calls the cops / And they arrive on the scene
Translations
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Verb

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cops

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of cop

Etymology 2

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Noun

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cops

  1. (UK, dialect) The connecting crook of a harrow.
    • 1807, The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry:
      It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops []

Anagrams

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Catalan

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Noun

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cops

  1. plural of cop

French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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cops m

  1. plural of cop

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From co- +‎ ops.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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cōps (genitive cōpis); third-declension one-termination adjective

  1. (Old Latin) abounding in, rich, copious
    Synonym: cōpiōsus
    Antonym: inops

Declension

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Third-declension one-termination adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative cōps cōpēs cōpia
Genitive cōpis cōpium
Dative cōpī cōpibus
Accusative cōpem cōps cōpēs cōpia
Ablative cōpī cōpibus
Vocative cōps cōpēs cōpia

Derived terms

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References

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  • cops in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • copis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • copis in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung

Old English

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Noun

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cops m

  1. Alternative form of cosp