You can make 3 words from cop according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.
All 3 letters words made out of cop
cop ocp cpo pco opc poc
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
Translingual
Symbol
cop
(international standards)ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Coptic.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒp/
(General American) IPA(key): /kɑp/
(General Australian) IPA(key): /kɔp/
Rhymes: -ɒp
Etymology 1
Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English*coppen, *copen, from Old Englishcopian(“to plunder; pillage; steal”); or possibly from Middle Frenchcaper(“to capture”), from Latincapiō(“to seize, grasp”); or possibly from Dutchkapen(“to seize, hijack”), from Old Frisiankāpia(“to buy”), whence Saterland Frisiankoopje, North Frisiankoope. 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, New York, now informal) To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
(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.
(intransitive, usually with “to”, slang) To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
(transitive, slang) Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Short for copper(“police officer”), itself from the verb cop(“to lay hold of”) above, in reference to arresting criminals.
Noun
cop (pluralcops)
(informal) A police officer or prison guard.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:police officer
Usage notes
Originally a slang term, but now in general use, including by journalists and police. Terms like police officer are generally considered more respectful.
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
From Middle Englishcoppe, from Old English*coppe, as in ātorcoppe(“spider”, literally “venom head”), from Old Englishcopp(“top, summit, head”), from Proto-West Germanic*kopp, from Proto-Germanic*kuppaz(“vault, round vessel, head”), from Proto-Indo-European*gew-(“to bend, curve”). Cognate with Middle Dutchkoppe, kobbe(“spider”). More at cobweb.
Noun
cop (pluralcops)
(obsolete) A spider.
Etymology 4
From Middle Englishcop, coppe, from Old Englishcop, copp, from Proto-West Germanic*kopp, from Proto-Germanic*kuppaz(“vault, basin, round object”), from Proto-Indo-European*gew-. 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.
(obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself. [14th–15th c.]
A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
(architecture, military) A merlon.
References
Michael Quinion (2004) “Cop”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
See also
check cop(probably etymologically unrelated to above terms)
not much cop(probably etymologically unrelated to above terms)
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 1
Inherited from Old Catalancolp, from Late Latincolpus(“stroke”), from earlier Latincolaphus.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[ˈkɔp]
Noun
copm (pluralcops)
hit, blow, strike
time, occasion
Synonyms:vegada, volta
Alternative forms
colp(dialectal)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Per GDLC, possibly from Ancient Greekκόλπος(kólpos, “bosom, lap; fabric fold; pocket”), with influence from copa(“cup”). First attested in 1324. In some senses (e.g. "snowflake"), influenced by Spanishcopo(“flake”).
Alternative forms
cóp(pre-2016 spelling)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian)[ˈkop]
Noun
copm (pluralcops)
(archaic) large cup; bowl
(historical) former dry measure (compare English cup)
snowflake
heart of a cabbage
upper part of a tree trunk (where the branches grow from)
(fishing) catch bag (bag for holding caught fish, attached to a net)
(weaving) skein
References
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, 2024
“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.
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“cop”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Volapük
Noun
cop (nominative pluralcops)
hoe (tool)
Declension
Welsh
Etymology
From Middle Englishcoppe(spider), from Old Englishcopp, from Proto-West Germanic*kopp(“round object, orb”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kɔp/
Noun
copm (pluralcopynnodorcopynnau)
(obsolete) spider
Synonyms:copyn, corryn, pryf cop, pryf copyn
Usage notes
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
R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “cop”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies