noun
Meaning 1
plural of cop
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, plural
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
cops
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Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /kɒps/
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US: /kɑps/
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Australian: /kɔps/
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Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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homophone: copse
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rhymes with -ɒps
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 P S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
The police, considered as a group entity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: slang
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noun
Meaning 3
The connecting crook of a harrow.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, dialectal
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verb
Meaning 4
third-person singular simple present indicative of cop
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- French: vaches — law enforcement
- French: bœufs — law enforcement
- French: chiens — law enforcement
- French: vandames — law enforcement
- French: cognes — law enforcement
- French: cakes — law enforcement
- German: Bullen — law enforcement
- Polish: gliny — law enforcement
- Polish: psy — law enforcement
- Portuguese: tiras — law enforcement
- Portuguese: bófia — law enforcement
- Turkish: aynasızlar — law enforcement