different between cops vs corpse

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?ps/ (UK)
• Homophone: copse

Etymology 1

Noun

cops

1. plural of cop
2. (slang, with the) The police, considered as a group entity.
   • 1906, Horatio Alger, Joe the Hotel Boy

     "Maybe he'll git the cops after you, Jack." "I'll watch out fer dat, Nick, an' you must watch out too," answered Jack Sagger.

Translations

Verb

cops

1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cop

Etymology 2

Noun

cops

1. (Britain, dialect) The connecting crook of a harrow.
   • 1807, The complete farmer: or, a general dictionary of husbandry

     It is almost needless to say, that the true point of draught should be exactly in the centre notch of the cops […]

Anagrams

• COSP, CPOs, PCOS, PCSO, PoCs, scop

Catalan

Noun

cops

1. plural of cop

French

Noun

cops m

1. plural of cop

English

Alternative forms

• corse (obsolete)

Etymology

From earlier corse, from Old French cors, from Latin corpus (“body”). Displaced native Old English l?? (whence modern English word lich). The ?p? was inserted due to the original Latin spelling. Doublet of corps and corpus. The verb sense derives from the notion of being unable to control laughter while playing a dead body.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??ps/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??ps/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?ko?ps/
• Rhymes: -??(?)ps

Noun

corpse (plural corpses)

1. A dead body.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:corpse

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:corpse.
2. (archaic, sometimes derogatory) A human body in general, whether living or dead.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:body

Related terms

Translations

Verb

corpse (third-person singular simple present corpses, present participle corpsing, simple past and past participle corpsed)

1. (intransitive, slang, of an actor) To laugh uncontrollably during a performance.
2. (transitive, slang, of an actor) To cause another actor to do this.

Anagrams

• Cosper, Crespo, Pecors, copers, corpes, scoper