Cops vs Chops - What's the difference?
cops | chops |
(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
English plurals
(plurale tantum) The mouth, jaws or jowl.
(plurale tantum, music, informal) A wind instrument player's embouchure.
(plurale tantum, informal, chiefly, music) One's skill at musical interpretation and delivery; musical performance ability.
(plurale tantum, informal) One's skill at any endeavor.
(plurale tantum, nautical) The area where two tides meet and cause an irregular (choppy) sea.
(plurale tantum, juggling) A pattern that involves carrying the object with the hand over the next object before throwing it.
(chop)
As nouns the difference between cops and chops
is that cops is while chops is .As a verb chops is
(chop).cops
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
Anagrams
* ----chops
English
Noun
(head)- Although the bass player had no experience playing in New Orleans, the crowd's enthusiastic response showed that he had the chops to make it in the very particular Crescent City jazz scene.
- Although he did not know all of the ins and outs of the newsroom, he had the writing chops to become a regular contributor.
Derived terms
* (juggling) reverse chopsVerb
(head)- He chops wood all day.