Connect vs Cops - What's the difference?
connect | cops |
(of an object) To join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object.
(of two objects) To join: to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to each other.
(of an object) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to be a link between two objects, thereby attaching them to each other.
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, title= (of a person) To join (two other objects), or to join (one object) to (another object): to take one object and attach it to another.
To join an electrical or telephone line to a circuit or network.
To associate.
To make a travel connection; to switch from one means of transport to another as part of the same trip.
(slang) ; Police officers.
* 1986 , Liam Sternberg (performed by The Bangles), Walk Like an Egyptian
The police, considered as a group entity.
* 1906 ,
(cop)
(UK, dialect) The connecting crook of a harrow.
* 1807 , The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry
As verbs the difference between connect and cops
is that connect is (of an object) to join (to another object): to attach, or to be intended to attach or capable of attaching, to another object while cops is (cop).As a noun cops is
(slang) ; police officers or cops can be (uk|dialect) the connecting crook of a harrow.connect
English
Verb
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Antonyms
* disconnectAnagrams
* English ergative verbscops
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(head)- All the cops in the donut shops say, "Way-oh-way-oh-way-ooo-aaa-ooo"
- "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.
Verb
(head)Etymology 2
Noun
- It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops