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cop⋅ping

  [kop-ing]
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–noun
the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc.
Also called quilling.

Origin:
1785–95; cop 2 + -ing 1
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cop

1  [kop]
–verb (used with object), copped, cop⋅ping. Informal.
1. to catch; nab.
2. to steal; filch.
3. to buy (narcotics).
—Verb phrase
4. cop out,
a. to avoid one's responsibility, the fulfillment of a promise, etc.; renege; back out (often fol. by on or of): He never copped out on a friend in need. You agreed to go, and you can't cop out now.
b. cop a plea.
—Idiom
5. cop a plea,
a. to plead guilty or confess in return for receiving a lighter sentence.
b. to plead guilty to a lesser charge as a means of bargaining one's way out of standing trial for a more serious charge; plea-bargain.
Origin:
1695–1705; cf. cap (obs.) to arrest, Scots cap to seize ≪ dial. OF caper to take, ult. < L capere
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cop 2   (kŏp)   
tr.v.   copped, cop·ping, cops

  1. To take unlawfully or without permission; steal. See Synonyms at steal.

    1. To get hold of; gain or win: a show that copped four awards; copped a ticket to the game.

    2. To take or catch: "copped a quick look at the gentleman in a caramel cashmere sport coat on the right" (Gail Sheehy).

Phrasal Verb(s):
cop outTo avoid fulfilling a commitment or responsibility; renege: copped out on my friends; copped out by ducking the issue.

Idiom(s):
cop a pleaTo plead guilty to a lesser charge so as to avoid standing trial for a more serious charge.

[Probably variant of cap, to catch, from Old French caper, from Latin capere; see capture.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
cop

  1. tv.
    to take or steal something. (Originally underworld.) : Somebody copped the statue from the town square.
  2. n.
    a theft. (Underworld.) : They pulled the cop in broad daylight.
  3. n.
    a police officer. (From sense 1.) : The cop wasn't in any mood to put up with any monkey business.
  4. tv.
    to arrest someone. (See also copped.) : They copped Sam with the evidence right on him.
  5. n.
    an arrest. : It was a smooth cop. No muss, no fuss.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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Word Origin & History

cop  (n.)
"policeman," 1859, abbreviation of earlier copper (1846), from the verb.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Financial Dictionary

COP

See certificate of participation.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
Copyright © 2003. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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