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copping off

copping off is the present participle and gerund of cop off.

Meaning of cop off

Verb

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

  1. (intransitive, slang) To leave school or work early without permission.
    • I knew he was gonna cop off from school.
  2. (intransitive, slang) To make out; to have sex.
    • Couples were copping off all over the party.

Questions about copping off

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

Words near copping off in the dictionary

  1. coppin
  2. copping
  3. copping a feel
  4. copping a load of
  5. copping a plea
  6. copping off
  7. copping off with
  8. copping on
  9. copping one's whack
  10. copping oneself on
  11. copping onto

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Adapted from Wiktionary: copping off (page history and authors); cop off (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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