"holler copper" meaning in All languages combined

See holler copper on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌhɑ.lɚ ˈkɑ.pɚ/ [US] Forms: holler copper sometimes holler "Copper" [canonical], hollers copper [present, singular, third-person], hollering copper [participle, present], hollered copper [participle, past], hollered copper [past]
Etymology: holler (“to yell”) + copper (“police officer”). Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} holler copper (third-person singular simple present hollers copper, present participle hollering copper, simple past and past participle hollered copper)
  1. (slang, US, intransitive) To draw attention to something about to happen or already in progress in the hope of preventing it from proceeding. Tags: US, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-holler_copper-en-verb-hAYKF13K Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_text": "holler (“to yell”) + copper (“police officer”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holler copper sometimes holler \"Copper\"",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollers copper",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollering copper",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollered copper",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollered copper",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "holler copper (third-person singular simple present hollers copper, present participle hollering copper, simple past and past participle hollered copper)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1927, Drew Ryan, Angel's Flight, New York: Boni and Silverlight, page 21:",
          "text": "It's alright to holler copper on a guy—but this guy was her friend.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1938 December, Damon Runyon, “Palm Beach Santa Claus”, in Collier’s, published 1924, pages 9–10:",
          "text": "“I will never forgive myself if I am compelled to holler copper on anybody whatsoever,” Fatso says, “but,” he says, “of course I will do so as a last resort to prevent Gregorio from marrying Betty Lou. ...”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1947 July 17, Red Smith, “They Trut Him Good”, in New York Herald Tribune:",
          "text": "The first thing to remember is that there has not been a smidgen of proof that Graziano committed any offense save a technical violation of the commission's Rule 64, which requires a boxer to holler copper when any sinister influence makes a pass at him.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw attention to something about to happen or already in progress in the hope of preventing it from proceeding."
      ],
      "id": "en-holler_copper-en-verb-hAYKF13K",
      "links": [
        [
          "draw attention",
          "draw attention"
        ],
        [
          "in progress",
          "in progress"
        ],
        [
          "preventing",
          "preventing"
        ],
        [
          "proceeding",
          "proceeding"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, US, intransitive) To draw attention to something about to happen or already in progress in the hope of preventing it from proceeding."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhɑ.lɚ ˈkɑ.pɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "holler copper"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "holler (“to yell”) + copper (“police officer”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "holler copper sometimes holler \"Copper\"",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollers copper",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollering copper",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollered copper",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hollered copper",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "holler copper (third-person singular simple present hollers copper, present participle hollering copper, simple past and past participle hollered copper)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1927, Drew Ryan, Angel's Flight, New York: Boni and Silverlight, page 21:",
          "text": "It's alright to holler copper on a guy—but this guy was her friend.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1938 December, Damon Runyon, “Palm Beach Santa Claus”, in Collier’s, published 1924, pages 9–10:",
          "text": "“I will never forgive myself if I am compelled to holler copper on anybody whatsoever,” Fatso says, “but,” he says, “of course I will do so as a last resort to prevent Gregorio from marrying Betty Lou. ...”",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1947 July 17, Red Smith, “They Trut Him Good”, in New York Herald Tribune:",
          "text": "The first thing to remember is that there has not been a smidgen of proof that Graziano committed any offense save a technical violation of the commission's Rule 64, which requires a boxer to holler copper when any sinister influence makes a pass at him.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To draw attention to something about to happen or already in progress in the hope of preventing it from proceeding."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "draw attention",
          "draw attention"
        ],
        [
          "in progress",
          "in progress"
        ],
        [
          "preventing",
          "preventing"
        ],
        [
          "proceeding",
          "proceeding"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, US, intransitive) To draw attention to something about to happen or already in progress in the hope of preventing it from proceeding."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "intransitive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌhɑ.lɚ ˈkɑ.pɚ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "holler copper"
}

Download raw JSONL data for holler copper meaning in All languages combined (2.4kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-01-10 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-01-01 using wiktextract (df33d17 and 4ed51a5). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.