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Webster 1913 Edition
Cops
Cops
,Noun.
[AS.
cops
, cosp
, fetter.] The connecting crook of a harrow.
[Prov. Eng.]
Definition 2024
cops
cops
See also: còps
English
Noun
cops
- plural of cop
- (slang, with the) The police, considered as a group entity.
- 1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy
- "Maybe he'll git the cops after you, Jack." "I'll watch out fer dat, Nick, an' you must watch out too," answered Jack Sagger.
- 1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy
Translations
law enforcement
Verb
cops
- third-person singular simple present indicative form of cop
Etymology 2
Noun
cops
- (Britain, dialect) The connecting crook of a harrow.
- 1807, The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry
- It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops […]
- 1807, The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry