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cop-outs

cop-outs is the plural of cop-out.

Meaning of cop-out

Noun

cop-out (plural cop-outs)

  1. (slang) Avoidance or inadequate performance of a task or duty; the action of copping out.
    • His disappearance on the day of the audition was just a cop-out.
  2. (slang) An excuse made in order to avoid performing a task or duty; a reason offered when someone cops out.
    • It was a cop-out to say he couldn't sign the petition because he sprained his wrist.
  3. (slang) A person who cops out.
    • He's always a cop-out when there's hard work to be done.

Questions about cop-outs

What is cop-outs the plural of?
Cop-outs is the plural of cop-out.

Words near cop-outs in the dictionary

  1. cop-calling
  2. cop-calls
  3. cop-killer
  4. cop-killers
  5. cop-out
  6. cop-outs
  7. cop-stache
  8. cop-wise
  9. copa
  10. Copacabana
  11. copacetic

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