Coppish

//ˈkɒpɪʃ// adj, intj, noun, slang

adj, intj, noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The fly of a pair of trousers. Wales

    "And it was early morning, and the world was moist, when the crystal-gazer's husband, a freak in knickerbockers with an open coppish and a sabbath gamp, came over the stones outside his house to meet the holy travellers."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of or resembling a cop (“police officer”). US, slang

    "“Are you a policeman?” Conroy said. I gave him my most coppish deadpan stare."

Intj
  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of capisce. alt-of, alternative

    "Simple, I live here so I was nominated. Coppish?"

Synonyms

All synonyms
coplikepolicelike

Example

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"“Are you a policeman?” Conroy said. I gave him my most coppish deadpan stare."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cop + -ish (suffix meaning ‘being like, similar to, typical of’, forming adjectives from nouns).

Etymology 2

See capisce.

Etymology 3

A variant of codpiece.

Related phrases

police officer

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