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copping a feel

copping a feel is the present participle and gerund of cop a feel.

Meaning of cop a feel

Verb

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

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To sexually fondle someone in a covert manner.
    • No sooner had the Good Girl got into the car, then Aubrey took one hand from the steering wheel, put it around Bertha's waist and Stepped on the Gas. But, strange as it may seem, although Aubrey was Copping the Feels something outrageous, Bertha made no resistance and said not a word.1922 February, Callimachus Balzoff, “The Working Girl and the Gas-hound”, in Hot Dog, page 22

Questions about copping a feel

What is copping a feel the present participle and gerund of?
Copping a feel is the present participle and gerund of cop a feel.

Words near copping a feel in the dictionary

  1. coppie
  2. coppied
  3. coppies
  4. coppin
  5. copping
  6. copping a feel
  7. copping a load of
  8. copping a plea
  9. copping off
  10. copping off with
  11. copping on

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