cops

See also: còps

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kɒps/ (UK)
Homophone: copse

Etymology 1

Noun

cops

plural of cop
(slang, with the) The police, considered as a group entity.
- 1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy
  "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.

Translations

law enforcement

French: vaches (fr) f pl (cows), bœufs (fr) m pl (oxen) (Canada), chiens (fr) m pl (dogs) (Canada), vandames m pl, cognes (fr) m pl (the beat), cakes (fr) m pl (the cakes)
Polish: gliny m pl, psy (pl) m pl

Portuguese: tiras (pt) m or f, bófia f
Turkish: aynasızlar pl

Verb

cops

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cop

Etymology 2

Noun

cops

(Britain, dialectal) The connecting crook of a harrow.
- 1807, The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry
  It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops […]

Anagrams

COSP, CPOs, PCOS, PCSO, PoCs, scop

Catalan

Noun

cops

plural of cop

French

Noun

cops m

plural of cop

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