Cop vs Collar - What's the difference?
cop | collar |
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.
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(obsolete) The head.
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
(architecture, military) A merlon.
Anything that encircles the neck.
#The part of an upper garment (shirt, jacket, etc.) that fits around the neck and throat, especially if sewn from a separate piece of fabric.
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#*:It was April 22, 1831, and a young man was walking down Whitehall in the direction of Parliament Street. He wore shepherd's plaid trousers and the swallow-tail coat of the day, with a figured muslin cravat wound about his wide-spread collar .
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, title= #A decorative band or other fabric around the neckline.
#A chain worn around the neck.
#A similar detachable item.
#A coloured ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.
#A band or chain around an animal's neck, used to restrain and/or identify it.
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#A part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal.
A piece of meat from the neck of an animal.
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(lb) Any encircling device or structure.
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#(lb) A physical lockout device to prevent operation of a mechanical signal lever.
#(lb) A ring or cincture.
#(lb) A collar beam.
#(lb) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft.
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(lb) Of or pertaining to a certain category of professions as symbolized by typical clothing.
(lb) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem.
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A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with the esophagus.
(lb) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.
To grab or seize by the collar or neck.
To place a collar on, to fit with one.
To seize, capture or detain.
To preempt, control stringently and exclusively.
(law enforcement) To arrest.
(figuratively) To bind in conversation.
To roll up (beef or other meat) and bind it with string preparatory to cooking.
(BDSM) To bind a submissive to a dominant under specific conditions or obligations.
As nouns the difference between cop and collar
is that cop is plait, braid (of hair) while collar is anything that encircles the neck.As a verb collar is
to grab or seize by the collar or neck.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.
Anagrams
*References
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* not much cop ----collar
English
Noun
(en noun)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars , and red neckbands.}}
Derived terms
* blue-collar * bottle collar * brass-collar * change collars * choke collar * collar stud * collarbone * collared lizard * dog collar * equity collar * Eton collar * feel someone's collar * flea collar * floatation collar * head collar * hot under the collar * interest rate collar * mandarin collar * Peter Pan collar * pink-collar * rain collar * Roman collar * sailor collar * shawl collar * storm collar * Vandyke collar * white-collar * white-collar crime * wing collarVerb
(en verb)- Collar and leash aggressive dogs.
- I managed to collar Fred in the office for an hour.