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Definition cop

Etymology 1

From Middle English coppe, from Old English *coppe, as in ?torcoppe (“spider”, literally “venom head”), from Old English copp (“top, summit, head”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“vault, round vessel, head”), from Proto-Indo-European *g?- (“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Middle Dutch koppe, kobbe (“spider”). More at cobweb.

Noun

cop (plural cops)

1. (obsolete) A spider.

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps from Old English copian (“to plunder; pillage; steal”); or possibly from Middle French caper (“to capture”), from Latin capi? (“to seize, to grasp”); or possibly from Dutch kapen (“to seize, to hijack”), from West Frisian kapia (“to take away”), from Old Frisian kapia (“to buy”). Compare also Middle English copen (“to buy”), from Middle Dutch copen.

Verb

cop (third-person singular simple present cops, present participle copping, simple past and past participle copped)

1. (transitive, formerly dialectal, now informal) To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
2. (transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
3. (transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
4. (transitive) To steal.
5. (transitive) To adopt.
6. (transitive) To earn by bad behavior.
7. (intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) to admit, especially to a crime.

Etymology 3

Short for copper (“police officer”), itself from cop (“one who cops”) above, in reference to arresting criminals.

Noun

cop (plural cops)

1. (slang, law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.

Etymology 4

From Middle English cop, coppe, from Old English cop, copp, from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz (“vault, basin, round object”), from Proto-Indo-European *gu-. Cognate with Dutch kop, German Kopf.

Noun

cop (plural cops)

1. (crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
2. (obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
3. (obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself. [14th-15th c.]
4. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
5. (architecture, military) A merlon.

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