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cops the needle

cops the needle is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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

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What is cops the needle the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Cops the needle is the third-person singular simple present indicative of cop the needle.

Words near cops the needle in the dictionary

  1. cops on
  2. cops one's whack
  3. cops oneself on
  4. cops onto
  5. cops out
  6. cops the needle
  7. copsa
  8. copse
  9. copsed
  10. copselike
  11. copses

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