cops
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See also: còps
Contents
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
cops
- plural of cop
- (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.
- 1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy
Translations[edit]
law enforcement
Verb[edit]
cops
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of cop
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
cops
- (Britain, 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 […]
- 1807, The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Noun[edit]
cops
French[edit]
Noun[edit]
cops ?
Categories:
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with homophones
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun plural forms
- English slang
- English verb forms
- English third-person singular forms
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- British English
- English dialectal terms
- Catalan non-lemma forms
- Catalan noun forms
- French non-lemma forms
- French noun plural forms
