verbWord forms: cops, copping or copped(transitive)
4.
to seize or catch
5.
to steal
6.
to buy, steal, or otherwise obtain (illegal drugs)
Compare score (sense 26)
7. Also: cop it
to suffer (a punishment)
you'll cop a clout if you do that!
8. cop it sweet
Word origin
C18: (vb) perhaps from obsolete cap to arrest, from Old French caper to seize; sense 1, back formation from copper2
copping in American English
(ˈkɑpɪŋ)
noun
the winding of yarn into a cap from a cone, bobbin, etc
Also called: quilling
Word origin
[1785–95; cop2 + -ing1]This word is first recorded in the period 1785–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: crossover, edit, logrolling, nitrogen, preemptive-ing is a suffix of nouns formed from verbs, expressing the action of the verb or itsresult, product, material, etc. (the art of building; a new building; cotton wadding). It is also used to form nouns from words other than verbs (offing; shirting). Verbal nouns ending in -ing are often used attributively (the printing trade) and in forming compounds (drinking song). In some compounds (sewing machine), the first element might reasonably be regarded as the participial adjective, -ing, the compound thus meaning “a machine that sews,” but it is commonly taken as a verbalnoun, the compound being explained as “a machine for sewing”
Examples of 'copping' in a sentence
copping
Not unless it was something to do with Mr Hythe copping a guilty plea.
Parkes, Roger RIOT
But that has not stopped the pair copping the blame.
The Sun (2009)
But the actor is not new to copping flak for dabbling in politics.
The Sun (2016)
She ran into traffic problems before copping the widest draw last time.
The Sun (2018)
But will they manage to nail the crook or will they just end up copping off?
The Sun (2007)
And never take seriously the urban myth that these places are good for copping off.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
His first job must be to make sure jockeys copping 15,000 have the grace to accept their prizes properly.
The Sun (2009)
All related terms of 'copping'
cop
A cop is a police officer.
copped
a police officer
cop to
If you cop to something bad or wrong that you have done, you admit that you have done it.
cop off
→ cop off with
cop out
If you say that someone is copping out , you mean they are avoiding doing something they should do.
cop off with
If you cop off with someone, you meet them and start a sexual or romantic relationship with them.