Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word cop. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in cop.
Definitions and meaning of cop
cop
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒp/
Rhymes: -ɒp
(General American) IPA(key): /kɑp/
Rhymes: -ɑp
Etymology 1
From Middle Englishcoppe, from Old English*coppe, as in ātorcoppe(“spider”, literally “venom head”), from Old Englishcopp(“top, summit, head”), from Proto-Germanic*kuppaz(“vault, round vessel, head”), from Proto-Indo-European*gū-(“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Middle Dutchkoppe, kobbe(“spider”). More at cobweb.
Noun
cop (pluralcops)
(obsolete) A spider.
Etymology 2
Uncertain. Perhaps from Old Englishcopian(“to plunder; pillage; steal”); or possibly from Middle Frenchcaper(“to capture”), from Latincapiō(“to seize, to grasp”); or possibly from Dutchkapen(“to seize, to hijack”), from Old Frisiankāpia(“to buy”). Compare also Middle Englishcopen(“to buy”), from Middle Dutchcopen.
Verb
cop (third-person singular simple presentcops, present participlecopping, simple past and past participlecopped)
(transitive, formerly dialect, now informal) To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
1995, Norman L. Russell, Doug Grad, Suicide Charlie: A Vietnam War Story (page 191)
He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed.
2005, Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home, Simon & Schuster, page 10:
Heroin appeared on the streets of our town for the first time, and Innie watched helplessly as his sixteen-year-old brother began taking the train to Harlem to cop smack.
(transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father
(transitive, trainspotting, slang) To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
(transitive) To steal.
(transitive) To adopt.
No need to cop a 'tude with me, junior.
(transitive) To earn by bad behavior.
(intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) to admit, especially to a crime.
I already copped to the murder. What else do you want from me?
Harold copped to being known as "Dirty Harry".
(transitive, slang) For a pimp to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
2009, Iceberg Slim, Pimp (page 90)
I said, 'Tell your tricks to call you here.' She laid the bearskin and freaked the joint off with her lights and other crap. Except for the fake stars it was a fair mock-up of her pad where I had copped her.
2011, Shaheem Hargrove, Sharice Cuthrell, The Rise and Fall of a Ghetto Celebrity (page 55)
The code was to call a pimp and tell him you have his hoe plus turn over her night trap but that was bull because the HOE was out of his stable months before I copped her.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Short for copper(“police officer”), itself from cop(“one who cops”) above, in reference to arresting criminals.
Noun
cop (pluralcops)
(slang, law enforcement) A police officer or prison guard.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:police officer
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 4
From Middle Englishcop, coppe, from Old Englishcop, copp, from Proto-Germanic*kuppaz(“vault, basin, round object”), from Proto-Indo-European*gu-. Cognate with Dutchkop, GermanKopf.
Noun
cop (pluralcops)
(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
(obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
Cop they use to call / The tops of many hills.
(obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself. [14th-15th c.]
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
(architecture, military) A merlon.
References
Michael Quinion, “Cop”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004, →ISBN.
See also
not much cop
Anagrams
CPO, OCP, OPC, PCO, POC, PoC
A-Pucikwar
Etymology
From Proto-Great Andamanese*cup
Noun
cop
basket
References
Juliette Blevins, Linguistic clues to Andamanese pre-history: Understanding the North-South divide, pg. 20 (2009)
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Catalancolp, from Late Latincolpus(“stroke”), from earlier Latincolaphus.
Pronunciation
(Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈkɔp/
Noun
copm (pluralcops)
hit, blow, strike
time, occasion
Alternative forms
colp(dialectal)
Synonyms
(time, occasion):vegada, volta
Derived terms
copejar
cop de gràcia
cop baix
cop d'estat
cop d'ull
un cop
Further reading
“cop” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“cop” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
“cop” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“cop” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from GermanZopf.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈt͡sop]
Noun
copm
braid
Derived terms
copánekm
copatým
Further reading
cop in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
cop in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology
A shortened form of copain.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kɔp/
Noun
copm (pluralcops)
(informal) A friend, a pal.
Middle English
Alternative forms
cope, coppe
Etymology
From Old Englishcop, from Proto-Germanic*kuppaz.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kɔp/
Noun
cop (pluralcoppes)
summit (of a mountain or hill)
top, tip, topmost part
top of the head, crown
head
Descendants
English: cop
Scots: cop, coppe
→ Welsh: copa
References
“cop, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-03-25.
No longer found as an independent word, cop is now used as an element in other words for "spider", such as copyn, pryf cop and pryf copyn and derived terms.
Derived terms
copyn(“spider”)
pryf cop(“spider”)
pryf copyn(“spider”)
Mutation
References
“cop”, in R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors, Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies, 1950–present