cop the needle in English

Forms: cops the needle [present, singular, third-person], copping the needle [participle, present], copped the needle [participle, past], copped the needle [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-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)

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    {
      "form": "cops the needle",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
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    },
    {
      "form": "copping the needle",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "copped the needle",
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        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
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      ]
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    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1999, Roy Shaw with Kate Kray, “Nick-Knack-Paddy-Whack”, in Pretty Boy, London: Blake Publishing Ltd, page 82",
          "text": "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.'",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To grow annoyed."
      ],
      "id": "en-cop_the_needle-en-verb-VosfuMwI",
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          "annoyed",
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      ],
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        "(UK, slang) To grow annoyed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cop the needle"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "cops the needle",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "copping the needle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "copped the needle",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "copped the needle",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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          "ref": "1999, Roy Shaw with Kate Kray, “Nick-Knack-Paddy-Whack”, in Pretty Boy, London: Blake Publishing Ltd, page 82",
          "text": "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.'",
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        }
      ],
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        "To grow annoyed."
      ],
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      ],
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        "(UK, slang) To grow annoyed."
      ],
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        "UK",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "cop the needle"
}

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"cop the needle" meaning in English

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