English Explanatory Dictionary

cop out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To avoid or shirk, either by failing to perform, or by performing in a grossly insufficient, negligent, or superficial manner.
  2. To plead guilty and ask for mercy.
  3. To blame; to assign blame to; to get into trouble.
  4. To remove from a situation or crowd, such as for arrest or punishment.
  5. To leave a gang.
  6. To abandon, let down or betray (someone).
  7. To win (someone) over; to get on (someone's) good side.

Pronunciation

en-au-cop out.ogg

Word forms

cop out cops out copping out copped out

Etymology

Attested since 1942 as “flee, escape, cop (an) out”.

Synonyms

goof off weasel out blow off cop out dog doss duck flinch goldbrick lollygag malinger procrastinate shirk shrink slack off soldier swing the lead double-cross sell out stab in the back assfuck betray burn cross out cross up do someone dirty do the dirty on false go back on knife let down play someone false quisle renegade sell sell the pass sell down the river sell down swike traitorize turncoat

Derived words

cop-out copout
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