- cop an attitude
- cop an attitudeSl. to take a negative or opposite attitude about something. •
My teenage son copped an attitude when I asked why he seemed to be sneaking around.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
cop an attitude
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cop an attitude — see ↑cop, 2 • • • Main Entry: ↑attitude cop an attitude US informal : to show that you believe you are more important or better than other people by behaving in a rude or unpleasant way The students tried to cop an attitude with the new teacher.… … Useful english dictionary
cop an attitude — tv. to take a negative or opposite attitude about something. (See also tude.) □ Look, chum, don’t cop an attitude with me! □ I think you’re copping an attitude. Not advised, man. Not advised … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
cop an attitude — v. be oppositional or defiant. Don t cop an attitude with me, it won t work … English slang
cop an attitude — Meaning Adopt an aggressive or antagonistic bearing Origin … Meaning and origin of phrases
attitude — One might say that this is now a word with attitude, in its 20c meaning ‘aggressive or uncooperative behaviour’, which represents a special application of one kind of characteristic attitude (in the established meaning ‘a person s settled opinion … Modern English usage
cop — cop1 S3 [kɔp US ka:p] n [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: copper police officer (19 21 centuries), from COP2 to arrest (19 20 centuries)] 1.) informal a police officer ▪ the local cop ▪ a narcotics cop ▪ He pull … Dictionary of contemporary English
cop — cop1 [ kap ] noun count INFORMAL a police officer play good cop/bad cop INFORMAL if two people play good cop/bad cop with someone, one is friendly while the other behaves in a threatening way in order to make the person trust the good cop and… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cop — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English copp Date: before 12th century 1. dialect chiefly England top, crest 2. a cylindrical or conical mass of thread, yarn, or roving wound on a quill or tube; also a quill or tube upon which it is… … New Collegiate Dictionary
cop — 1. verb /kɒp,kɑp/ a) To capture, get hold of, take. 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. b) To steal. No need to … Wiktionary
Cop Shoot Cop — For other uses, see Cop Shoot Cop (disambiguation). Cop Shoot Cop was a rock music group founded in New York City in 1987. They disbanded in 1996. The band were frequently classified as industrial rock, but were often quite different from many… … Wikipedia
cop — cop1 informal noun a police officer. verb (cops, copping, copped) 1》 catch or arrest (an offender). 2》 incur (something unwelcome). 3》 (cop off) Brit. have a sexual encounter. 4》 (cop out) avoid doing something that one ought to do. 5》 US obtain… … English new terms dictionary
