Cop vs Clop - What's the difference?
cop | clop |
to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take
* 2005 , Martin Torgoff, Can't Find My Way Home , Simon & Schuster, page 10:
to (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
to steal
to adopt
to admit, especially to a crime.
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(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
(obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
* Drayton
(obsolete) The head.
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
(architecture, military) A merlon.
As nouns the difference between cop and clop
is that cop is a spider while clop is the sound of a horse's shod hoof striking the ground.As verbs the difference between cop and clop
is that cop is to obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take while clop is to make this sound.cop
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) coppe, from (etyl) . More at (l).Etymology 2
Possibly from (etyl) , from (etyl) kapia, to buy.Verb
(copp)- 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.
- When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father
- No need to cop an attitude with me, junior.
- I already copped to the murder. What else do you want from me?
- Harold copped to being known as "Dirty Harry".
Derived terms
* cop a feel * cop a plea * cop off * cop on * cop out, cop-outEtymology 3
Short for above, i.e. a criminal.Synonyms
* See alsoEtymology 4
(etyl) cop, copp, from (etyl) . Cognate with Dutch kop, German Kopf.Noun
(en noun)- Cop they used to call / The tops of many hills.