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copped the needle

copped the needle is the simple past and past participle of cop the needle.

Meaning of cop the needle

Verb

cop the needle (third-person singular simple present cops the needle, present participle copping the needle, simple past and past participle copped the needle)

  1. (UK, slang) To grow annoyed.
    • It must have been the way I said it because he copped the needle and sneered, 'I haven't got to talk to you about fuck-all. Whatever I do is none of your Goddamn business.'1999, Roy Shaw with Kate Kray, “Nick-Knack-Paddy-Whack”, in Pretty Boy, London: Blake Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 82

Questions about copped the needle

What is copped the needle the simple past and past participle of?
Copped the needle is the simple past and past participle of cop the needle.

Words near copped the needle in the dictionary

  1. copped on
  2. copped one's whack
  3. copped oneself on
  4. copped onto
  5. copped out
  6. copped the needle
  7. Coppedge
  8. Coppedges
  9. Coppee
  10. coppel
  11. Coppell

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