Cop vs. Cot — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Cop and Cot
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Cop
A police officer
A cop in a patrol car gave chase
Cot
A narrow bed, especially one made of canvas on a collapsible frame.
Cop
Shrewdness; practical intelligence
He had the cop-on to stay clear of Hugh Thornley
Cot
Chiefly British A crib.
Cop
A conical mass of thread wound on to a spindle.
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Cot
A small house.
Cop
Catch or arrest (an offender)
He was copped for speeding
Cot
A protective covering or sheath.
Cop
Receive or attain (something welcome)
She copped an award for her role in the film
Cot
A simple bed, especially one for portable or temporary purposes.
Cop
Strike (an attitude or pose)
I copped an attitude—I acted real tough
Cot
A bed for infants or small children, with high, often slatted, often moveable sides.
Cop
A police officer.
Cot
A wooden bed frame, slung by its corners from a beam, in which officers slept before the introduction of bunks.
Cop
One that regulates certain behaviors or actions
"Faced with the world recession of the early 1980s, ... the World Bank ... became a stern economic taskmaster and cop" (Richard J. Barnet).
Cot
(archaic) A cottage or small homestead.
Cop
A cone-shaped or cylindrical roll of yarn or thread wound on a spindle.
Cot
A pen, coop, or similar shelter for small domestic animals, such as sheep or pigeons.
Cop
Chiefly British A summit or crest, as of a hill.
Cot
A small, crudely-formed boat.
Cop
To get hold of; gain or win
A show that copped four awards.
Copped a ticket to the game.
Cot
A cover or sheath; a fingerstall.
A roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame)
A cot for a sore finger
Cop
To perceive by one of the senses
"copped a quick look at the gentleman ... on the right" (Gail Sheehy).
Cot
(obsolete) A man who does household work normally associated with women.
Cop
To take unlawfully or without permission; steal.
Cot
A small house; a cottage or hut.
The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm.
Cop
To obtain, to purchase (as in drugs), to get hold of, to take.
Cot
A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.
Cop
(transitive) To (be forced to) take; to receive; to shoulder; to bear, especially blame or punishment for a particular instance of wrongdoing.
When caught, he would often cop a vicious blow from his father.
Cot
A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger. See also finger cot.
Cop
To see and record a railway locomotive for the first time.
Cot
A small, rudely-formed boat.
Cop
(transitive) To steal.
Cot
A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed.
Cop
(transitive) To adopt.
No need to cop a 'tude with me, junior.
Cot
A sheath worn to protect a finger
Cop
(transitive) To earn by bad behavior.
Cot
Baby bed with high sides
Cop
To admit, especially to a crime or wrongdoing.
I already copped to the murder. What else do you want from me?
Harold copped to being known as "Dirty Harry".
Cot
A small bed that folds up for storage or transport
Cop
Of a pimp: to recruit a prostitute into the stable.
Cop
(informal) A police officer or prison guard.
Cop
(obsolete) A spider.
Cop
(crafts) The ball of thread wound on to the spindle in a spinning machine.
Cop
(obsolete) The top, summit, especially of a hill.
Cop
(obsolete) The crown (of the head); also the head itself.
The stature is bowed down in age, the cop is depressed.
Cop
A roughly dome-shaped piece of armor, especially one covering the shoulder, the elbow, or the knee.
Cop
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
Cop
A merlon.
Cop
The top of a thing; the head; a crest.
Cop they used to callThe tops of many hills.
Cop
A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.
Cop
A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.
Cop
Same as Merlon.
Cop
A policeman.
Cop
Uncomplimentary terms for a policeman
Cop
Take by theft;
Someone snitched my wallet!
Cop
Take into custody;
The police nabbed the suspected criminals
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