"buddy cop" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: buddy cops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} buddy cop (plural buddy cops)
  1. (chiefly attributively) A film and television genre with plots involving two people of very different and conflicting personalities who are forced to work together to solve a crime and/or defeat criminals, sometimes learning from each other in the process. Tags: attributive Categories (topical): Film genres
    Sense id: en-buddy_cop-en-noun-ANk9lna5 Disambiguation of Film genres: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50
  2. (chiefly attributively) A film and television genre with plots involving two people of very different and conflicting personalities who are forced to work together to solve a crime and/or defeat criminals, sometimes learning from each other in the process.
    (nonattributively) One of the two characters.
    Tags: attributive Categories (topical): Film genres
    Sense id: en-buddy_cop-en-noun-582IPgTt Disambiguation of Film genres: 50 50 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50

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