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Cop n.
1. The top of a thing; the head; a crest. [Obs.]
Cop they used to call
The tops of many hills. --Drayton.
2. A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
3. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
4. Mil. Arch. Same as Merlon.
5. A policeman. [Slang]
Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly of remnants of cops from which the greater part of the yarn has been unwound.
You had to be a good judge of what a man was like, and the English was copacetic. --John O'Hara
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cop
n : uncomplimentary terms for a policeman [syn: bull, copper,
fuzz, pig]
v 1: take by theft; "Someone snitched my wallet!" [syn: hook, snitch,
thieve, knock off, glom]
2: take into custody; "the police nabbed the suspected
criminals" [syn: collar, nail, apprehend, arrest,
pick up, nab]
[also: copping, copped]