cop
/kɑp/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.37 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To obtain, to purchase (items including but not limited to drugs), to get hold of, to take.
Informal; Transitive verb
verb
To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "You see yourself as the kind of guy who wakes up early on Sunday morning and steps out to cop the Times and croissants."
- "He sold me a bulging paper sack full of Cambodian Red for two dolla' MPC. A strange experience, copping from a kid, but it was righteous weed."
- "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."
- "Off the juice, codeine got me trippin' copped the coupe, woke up, roof is missin'..."
- "Uh, copped a BMW, new deposit, I picked up another bag Like fuck it, I'ma count while I'm in it..."
- "Oh, come on. Help a brother out. People see you coppin', might inspire them. Look, I know you ain't payin' bills right now. Man must have bare peas saved up."
Etymology
Uncertain. Perhaps from Middle English *coppen, *copen, from Old English copian (“to plunder; pillage; steal”); or possibly from Middle French caper (“to capture”), from Latin capiō (“to seize, grasp”); or possibly from Dutch kapen (“to seize, hijack”), from Old Frisian kāpia (“to buy”), whence West Frisian keapje, Saterland Frisian koopje, North Frisian koopi, kuupe. Compare also Middle English copen (“to buy”), from Middle Dutch copen.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /kɑp/
- British English: /kɒp/